{"product_id":"the-zig-zag-girl-stephens-and-mephisto-mystery-0544811879","title":"The Zig Zag Girl (Stephens and Mephisto Mystery)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0544811879\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Griffiths, Elly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chilling debut mystery in the Brighton Mysteries series from Edgar Allen Poe Award-winner Elly Griffiths-author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries-about a band of magicians who served together in World War II tracking a killer whos performing their deadly tricks.Captivating.-Wall Street JournalAn absorbing read, the debut of another great series.-San Jose Mercury NewsA labyrinthine plot, a splendid reveal, and superb evocation of the wafer-thin veneer of glamour at the bottom end of showbusiness . . . Thoroughly enjoyable. -GuardianBrighton, 1950. A girl is found cut into three sections, and Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced the killer is mimicking a famous magic trick-the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, served with Edgar in a special ops group called the Magic Men that used stage illusions to confound the enemy. Max still performs, touring with ventriloquists, sword-swallowers, and dancing girls.When Edgar asks for his help with the case, Max tells him to identify the victim, for it takes a special sidekick to do the Zig Zag Girl. Those words haunt Max when he learns the victim was a favorite former assistant of his own. And when Edgar receives a letter warning of another trick on the way, he realizes that it is the Magic Men themselves who are in the killers sights.Enormously engaging . . . Griffithss plot is satisfyingly serpentine.-Daily MailReaders will finish looking forward to the next trick up [Griffithss] sleeve.-Mystery Scene\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51972072702240,"sku":"NEW0544811879","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61npJhkZUOL.jpg?v=1783791099","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-zig-zag-girl-stephens-and-mephisto-mystery-0544811879","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}