Brighton Mysteries The Vanishing Box, (Hardcover)

from lauriebrown54

Set in 1950's Brighton, this fourth installment in the authors Magic Man Mystery series gives us Max Mephisto- one of the Magic Men- and his daughter, Ruby, playing a gig at the Brighton Hippodrome. On the same bill is Vic Cutler's tableaux vivante, where almost naked young women stay perfectly s...

from lostinalibrary

It's Christmas 1953 and magician Max Mephisto and his daughter, Ruby, are headlining at the Brighton Hippodrome. Among the other acts is a risqué tableau in which near-naked women pose as statues of historic figures. When beautiful florist, Lily Burtenshaw, is found strangled and posed to resembl...

from EadieB

Winter, 1953. A young flower seller is found dead in her room at a Brighton boarding-house, posed with a chilling perfection into a recreation of a famous painting of the death of Lady Jane Grey. This is a killer unlike any DI Edgar Stephens has encountered before. Across the city at the Hippodro...

from Beamis12

Edgar and Max, once again find themselves in the midst of a murderer that threatens the safety of the girls performing in a show at the prestigious Hippodrome. It just so happens that Max and Ruby are the headliners, the first time they will perform together a father and daughter, at the same ven...

from pgchuis

Very enjoyable, and I am glad Edgar's love life has sorted itself out. Not Max's finest hour, and I think the motivation for the second murder was unlikely, but fun nevertheless.