The Zig Zag Girl, by Elly Griffiths
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In the first installment of a compelling new series by Elly Griffiths, a band of magicians who served together in World War II track a killer whos performing their deadly tricks.Brighton, 1950. The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces. Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced the killer is mimicking a famous magic trickthe Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old war friend of Edgars. They served together in a shadowy unit called the Magic Men, a special ops troop that used stage tricks to confound the enemy.Max is on the traveling show circuit, touring seaside towns with ventriloquists, sword-swallowers, and dancing girls. Hes reluctant to leave this world to help Edgar investigate but advises him to identify the victim quicklyit takes a special sidekick to do the Zig Zag Girl. Those words come back to haunt Max when the dead girl turns out to be Ethel, one of his best assistants to date. Hes soon at Edgars side, hunting for Ethels killer.Another death, another magic trick: Edgar and Max are sure the answer to the murders lies in their army days. And when Edgar receives a letter warning of another trick on the waythe Wolf Traphe knows theyre all in the killers sights.
The Zig Zag Girl, by Elly Griffiths- Published on: 2015-09-15
- Original language: English
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Review Enormously engaging ... Post-war Brighton and its Theatre Royal are beautifully captured in all their seedy glory ... subtle, charming and very good Daily Mail A colourful crowd of ventriloquists and sword-swallowers, a world lovingly re-created in this original, lively and gripping work Independent The historical detail is very well done ... The Zig Zag Girl is an extremely well-written and well-researched novel Literary Review
From the Inside Flap The first installment of a spellbinding new series by the author of the beloved Ruth Galloway books, featuring a band of magicians, formerly special ops soldiers in World War II, who hunt for a killer performing deadly versions of their most famous tricks Brighton, 1950. The body of a girl is found cut into three pieces and Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is convinced the killer is mimicking a famous magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl. The trick was invented by Max Mephisto, with whom Edgar served in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men, using stage tricks to confound the enemy. Max is on the traveling show circuit now, touring seaside towns with ventriloquists, sword-swallowers, and dancing girls. He advises Edgar to identify the victim quickly—advice that comes back to haunt him when he discovers she was a young woman he knew well. He’s soon at Edgar’s side, hunting for her killer. Another death, another magic trick: Edgar and Max are sure the answer to the murders lies in their army days. When Edgar receives a letter warning of another “trick” on the way—the Wolf Trap—he knows the Magic Men themselves are in the killer’s sights.
From the Back Cover Early Praise for The Zig Zag Girl “With a labyrinthine plot, a splendid reveal, and superb evocation of the wafer-thin veneer of glamour at the bottom end of show business, this is thoroughly enjoyable.” —Guardian, “Best Crime Novels Round-Up” “An interesting change of direction for the talented Griffiths . . . Enormously engaging . . . Postwar Brighton and its Theatre Royal are beautifully captured in all their seedy glory, and Griffiths’s plot is satisfyingly serpentine . . . Subtle, charming, and very good indeed.” —Daily Mail “A colourful crowd of ventriloquists and sword-swallowers, a world lovingly re-created in this original, lively, and gripping work.” —Independent “Elly Griffiths’s compelling novel The Zig Zag Girl takes readers on a wild ride full of mayhem, magic, and murder . . . Griffiths expertly weaves together Edgar’s past and present into one fascinating mystery that will have readers hooked from the very start . . . Capturing both the vibrant qualities of the theater community while also expertly capturing its dark side, Griffiths creates a world where nothing is as it truly appears to be.” —Absolute “One to look forward to.” —BookPage
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful. My favourite mystery of the year. By Liz Barnsley I’m a fan of Elly Griffiths Ruth Galloway novels so was really looking forward to diving into this one, a standalone novel inspired by her Grandfather.I loved it. Beautifully written to give a sense of the time, a terrific mystery story and a wonderful flow, plus some great characters made this a really really fun read.Edgar, Max and the so called “Magic Men” are a fascinating and eclectic bunch, brought back together by a strange murder that mimicks an old magic trick – The Zig Zag Girl. As Edgar investigates he looks to Max to help him work out what is going on and their friendship is rekindled.There was a delightful old school feel to the prose, very different from the Galloway novels – Christie-esque in style to suit the era, despite the violence it is quite a gentle read. in some ways and Ms Griffiths has caught the sense of the theatre community brilliantly. The glamorous and the less glamourous side merge to give a realistic feeling to it all, you can almost imagine yourself right there. The back story involving the Magic Men during the war is evocative and intriguing as well – and the mystery element is well imagined as the author brings the two strands together to paint a full picture.This is definitely one of my favourite mystery novels of the year so far, clever misdirection, a very enchanting look at the world of magic and a captivating and compelling story means that this definitely comes Highly Recommended from me.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful. an excellent murder mystery By Cloggie Downunder The Zig Zag Girl is the first book in the Stephens and Mephisto Mystery series by British author, Elly Griffiths. Brighton, England, 1950: the young woman had been sawn in three; the parts, contained in black wooden boxes fastened with brass clips, were discovered in the Left Luggage room of the railway station. Witness descriptions are vague, but several aspects of the case cause DI Edgar Stephens, lead investigator, to travel to Eastbourne to seek out Max Mephisto, magician.Their association began in Inverness during the war, when they were part of a Secret Service team, the Magic Men, but a tragic event had seen the end of team, and their involvement . The resemblance to one of Max’s tricks, the Zig Zag Girl, is strong, but he cannot cast any light on the matter, even when he learns, to his shock, the identity of the victim. When Max’s engagements bring him to Brighton, another death staged as a magic trick leads him to team up with Edgar in an effort to find the killer.In keeping with the magic trick theme, Griffiths cleverly divides her novel into four parts, aptly titled: The Build-Up, Misdirection, Raising the Stakes and The Reveal. She uses two narrators, Edgar and Max, to convey different parts of the story as well as to give different perspectives on events. The immediate post-war era ensures the absence of mobile phones, internet, DNA and even many personal vehicles; thus the detective work relies on heavily on legwork, personal visits and intelligent deduction.Griffiths gives the reader characters that are real and flawed; some are vain and selfish; others distracted by misdirection and convinced by illusion. Her plot is clever and original and has a few twists that even the most astute reader may fail to anticipate. The atmosphere of post-war Britain is skilfully evoked with description, dialogue and the attitudes common at the time. This is an excellent murder mystery from the author of the Ruth Galloway crime novels, and fans will not be disappointed.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. I had high hopes of this one which weren’t entirely realised. By Unassuming Reader The story took quite a while to get into and seemed a little bland.There was less of a sense of time and place than I expected but it turned out to be a reasonable read if a little plodding. Late 40s to early 50s seems to be a popular time period at the moment and although this wasn't bad I’ve seen it done better.Figured out the killer very early on, which means it must have been obvious because I’m usually rubbish at picking the killer.Most of the time I’m that slightly dim person saying “no way, it was the butler?!” Nb. It wasn’t the butler this time.www.unassumingreader.com
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