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Title details for The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths - Available

The Vanishing Box

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by Elly Griffiths
James Langton
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In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto discover once again that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred.
It's the holiday season and Max Mephisto and his daughter Ruby have landed a headlining gig at the Brighton Hippodrome, the biggest theater in the city, an achievement only slightly marred by the less-than-savory supporting act: a tableau show of naked "living statues." But when one of the girls goes missing and turns up dead not long after, Max and Ruby realize there's something far more sinister than obscenity afoot in the theater.

DI Edgar Stephens is on the case. As he searches for the killer, he begins to suspect that her fatal vanishing act may very well be related to another case, the death of a quiet local florist. But just as he's narrowing in on the missing link, Ruby goes missing, and he and Max must team up once again to find her.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Brighton Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 5, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780358379171
      • File size: 240090 KB
      • Duration: 08:20:11

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 20, 2018
      At the start of Mary Higgins Clark Award–winner Griffiths’s solid fourth Magic Men mystery (after 2017’s The Blood Card), stage magician Max Mephisto and his daughter, Ruby French, are headlining a variety show in Brighton, England, during the 1953 holiday season. Meanwhile, Det. Insp. Edgar Stephens—Max’s friend and former military colleague, and Ruby’s fiancé—investigates the murder of a young woman with ties to a female troupe performing in the same show. As more deaths follow, a ruthless killer threatens Max’s new love interest, Sgt. Emma Holmes, who’s Edgar’s colleague. Series fans will appreciate the developments in the various relationships, but they and new readers might wish for more insight into characters’ personalities and motives. That said, Griffiths nicely evokes the post-WWII zeitgeist in Britain, incorporating details about hypocritical censorship laws and the theatrical lifestyle. Those who favor human intrigues over crime solving should find this a charming holiday read. Agent: Rebecca Carter, Janklow & Nesbit (U.K.).

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator James Langton and author Elly Griffiths team up winningly again in the fourth outing of magician Max Mephisto and DI Edgar Stephens in 1950s Brighton, England. Mephisto is an inveterate ladies man and Stephens a sincere, straight-arrow fellow, a difference that complicates their approach to the mystery--the murder of performers in the risqu� "living statues" show at the Hippodrome. The plethora of characters gives Langton ample opportunity to demonstrate his skill with a variety of British accents, which enhance the story's color and strengthen Griffiths's commentary about social class in post-WWII England. In addition, Langton's narrative voice is light, relaxed, and easy on the ear. What a fun listen. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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