Another evocative slice of period crime from the ever-versatile Elly Griffiths, Now You See Them combines classic police procedural storytelling with an atmospheric recreation of 1960s Brighton. Abounding with mods and rockers and rich in subtle commentary about the changing face of post-war society, this is a multi-layered crime thriller to savour.
Three girls have left. None have come back.
Brighton, 1963. Edgar Stephens has been promoted to Superintendent and is married to his former sergeant, Emma Holmes. Edgar's wartime partner in arms, magician Max Mephisto, is a movie star in Hollywood, while his daughter Ruby has her own TV show.
The funeral of an old friend highlights just how much the gang's lives have changed in the last nine years. Edgar is struggling with fresh responsibilities and the new swinging Brighton of rioting mods and rockers; Emma is chafing against the restrictions of life as a housewife.
Bob Willis, meanwhile, is tackling his biggest case since his promotion to DI: a schoolgirl missing from high-class boarding school Roedean. It looks like she's run away; but there are disturbing similarities to the disappearances of a young local nurse and a tearaway Modette, neither of whom have been seen or heard from since...
A new world is dawning in Brighton, but the city's dark side is as dangerous as ever.
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
ISBN: 9781786487360
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 256 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 30 mm
Elly Griffiths' series set in post-war Brighton are entertaining diversions full of period detail, smart plotting and likeable characters - Mail on Sunday Thrillers of the Month
This is book 5 of the Brighton Mysteries but reads well as a standalone.
The story is set in the 1960's in Brighton and the Mod's and the Rockers are giving the police force a headache by clashing on...
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I have to confess to be an out and out Elly Griffiths fan. This series wraps you in a warm fug of nostalgia but don't be deceived as there is a gripping storyline to accompany it. This is the fifth outing in this... More
I have to confess to be an out and out Elly Griffiths fan. This series wraps you in a warm fug of nostalgia but don't be deceived as there is a gripping storyline to accompany it. This is the fifth outing in this... More
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