The Great Deceiver
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 352
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9781529409925
- Utgivelsesår: 2024
- Bidragsyter: Griffiths, Elly
The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths.
''Recalls the best of Agatha Christie'' Sunday Express
Brighton, 1966.
Max, now divorced and living in London, is on the way to visit Ruby and her new-born daughter when he is hailed by an old magician friend Ted English, aka The Great Deceiver. Ted is terrified because his assistant, Cherry, has been found dead in her Brighton boarding house and he''s convinced that he''ll be accused of her murder. Max agrees to talk to Edgar, who is investigating the case. But what Max doesn''t know is that the girl''s family have hired private detective duo Emma Holmes and Sam Collins to do some digging of their own.
The inhabitants of the boarding house, most of whom are performing in an Old Time Music Hall show on Brighton pier, are a motley crew. The house is also connected to a sinister radio personality called Pal. Ruby, along with e