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A good start to a series with interesting characters in a different setting: vaudeville in 1950's Brighton. The premise involves a WWII group that attempted to trick the Nazis with various visual illusions - and there really were such attempts, many quite successful. Now two of the former group, one a police investigator and the other a successful magician, need to solve murders within the group. Probably a bit melodramatic (but then the early Ruth Galloways were as well) but good chemistry amou
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A young woman's body is found cut into three and Inspect Edgar Stephens is unpleasantly reminded of a magic trick and his old friend - the magician - Max Mephisto - who is currently appearing in Brighton where the remains are discovered. Edgar is forced by the murder to look again at his uncomfortable time during World War II as part of a small group of people known as The Magic Men who specialised in camouflage and trickery to defeat the enemy.
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A very good book. I like Ms. Griffith's other series and thought I would try this one and was not disappointed. The book tells the story of police detective Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto, two men who had served in the war in a group called "The Magic Men." Their mission was to trick the Germans into believing the English had more firepower and fighters than actually existed. Now twenty years later, one by one, members of the unit, or their friends, are being killed by a mysterious person. Max'
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I am a big fan of Griffith’s Ruth Galloway series. I was excited to read something else, however, this series has fallen short for me. For me, it lacked everything that the Ruth Galloway series had - emotion, depth of character, empathy.
I love the Ruth Galloway series by the same author, but I'm sad to say, I could only get about halfway through this book. It just didn't hold my attention--I think one reason is that the cast of characters seemed uninteresting and virtually interchangeable. Maybe it was just me. Will look forward to the next Ruth Galloway mystery, though. :)
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Enjoyed this but guessed whodunnit early on...
This was the first mystery that I've read where I knew who the killer was half way in. I love magic and was hoping for something more thrilling but skimmed to the end.
I’m listening to an Interview with Elly and returned to my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and I’m sad to say I have NO memory of ever reading this boom :( says something f ...more
I’m listening to an Interview with Elly and returned to my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ and I’m sad to say I have NO memory of ever reading this boom :( says something f ...more
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