Bibliograph

The zig zag girl, Elly Griffiths

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The zig zag girl, Elly Griffiths

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The zig zag girl

Medium

sound recording Playaway

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Responsibility statement

Elly Griffiths

Series statement

Magic men mystery. Spoken word

Summary

Brighton, 1950. The body of a girl is found into three pieces. 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 in World War II with Edgar in a shadowy unite called the Magic Men, a special ops troop that used stage tricks to confound the enemy. Max is on the traveling show circuit and is reluctant to leave to help Edgar investigate, but he advises him to identify the victim quickly--it 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. He's soon at Edgar's side hunter for Ethel's killer

Target audience

adult

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