· A girl is found cut in three, 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 troop called the Magic Men that used stage illusions to confound the bltadwin.ru: HMH Books. Alison S. Coad. out of 5 stars New Series from Elly Griffiths. Reviewed in the United States on Novem. Verified Purchase. "The Zig Zag Girl," by Elly Griffiths, takes place largely in Brighton, England, in , five years after the end of the war. British mystery master Elly Griffiths enters the world of illusionists with The Zig Zag Girl, the first in a new series that has us looking behind the curtain in a whole new way. One of Griffiths' grandfather's playbills: Dennis Lawes "on laughter service." Tell us a little about the World War II Magic Gang that inspired this new series—including your own family connection.
The Zig Zag Girl is a stand-alone novel by British author, Elly Griffiths. Brighton, England, 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. Thoroughly enjoyable. Guardian. Brighton, A girl is found cut in three, 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 troop called the Magic Men that used stage illusions to confound the enemy. Buy The Zig Zag Girl Unabridged by Griffiths, Elly (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The Zig Zag Girl. Brighton, When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old friend of Edgar’s. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men. Max is still on the circuit, touring seaside towns in the company of ventriloquists, sword-swallowers and dancing girls. The Zig Zag Girl is the first book in the Stephens Mephisto series and opens with the surprisingly gruesome discovery of a dismembered woman, a former assistant of Max Mephisto's who has been cut into pieces in a grotesque real-life recreation of the famous 'sawing a woman in half' trick familiar to anyone who has ever seen a traditional stage magic act. The Zig Zag Girl is the first book in the Stephens and Mephisto Mystery series by British author, Elly Griffiths. Brighton, England, 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.
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