The Great Deceiver

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths.

It starts with a magician and a murder in a Brighton boarding house; throw in a show on Brighton pier, a sinister radio personality and a potential serial killer, and you've got the next gripping book in the Brighton Mysteries series.

Magician Max Mephisto is hailed by a voice from the past, fellow performer Ted English, aka the Great Deceiver. Ted's assistant, Cherry, has been found dead in her Brighton boarding house and Ted is convinced that he'll be accused of her murder.

Max agrees to talk to his friend, Superintendent Edgar Stephens, who is investigating the case. What Max doesn't know is that the girl's family have hired private detective duo Emma Holmes (Edgar's wife) and Sam Collins to do some digging of their own.

When a second magician's assistant is killed, Edgar persuades Max to perform one last time - with a female assistant as decoy. But who will he choose for the role.

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Praise for The Great Deceiver

'Full of period charm and fiendish plotting' Mail on Sunday

'Riveting' Sunday Post

'Gripping . . . magical . . . we loved it' Woman's Weekly

'An engaging cosy mystery - with added bite' Crime Monthly

'Intriguing, multi-layered and full of rich period detail' Lancashire Evening Press

Readers are loving The Great Deceiver

'Wonderful storytelling' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'The background, the plot, the characters - just brilliant!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'I was gripped from beginning to end' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Elly Griffiths at her best' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Last Remains, the final instalment of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, was a Sunday Times bestseller in August 2023.

Griffiths' affection for Brighton - with its grotty digs ruled by no-nonsense landladies - and her gentle wit ensure that the reader very much likes to be beside the seaside The Times
Strong on period detail Sunday Times
Once again Griffiths has created a lively crew of characters and woven a twisty plot around them Mystery People
An engaging cosy mystery - with added bite Crime Monthly Review
Riveting offering in Griffiths' Brighton Mysteries Sunday Post
Intriguing, multi-layered and full of rich period detail with each character honed to perfection Lancashire Evening Press
Elly has shot into the top ranks of British crime writers after building an impressive catalogue of bestsellers Peterborough Telegraph
Gripping . . . magical . . . we loved it Woman's Weekly
Full of period charm and fiendish plotting Mail on Sunday
Griffiths' affection for Brighton - with its grotty digs rules by no-nonsense landladies - and her gentle wit ensure that the reader very much likes to be beside the seaside The Times
Strong on period detail Sunday Times
Once again Griffiths has created a lively crew of characters and woven a twisty plot around them Mystery People
An engaging cosy mystery - with added bite Crime Monthly Review
Riveting offering in Griffiths' Brighton Mysteries Sunday Post
An engaging plot supported by sharp characterisation builds to high drama as the killer takes his final bow Daily Mail

Elly Griffiths is the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and the Brighton Mysteries. She has won the CWA Dagger in the Library and been shortlisted six times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her trilogy featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur includes The Stranger Diaries which won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in the USA; The Postscript Murders, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and Bleeding Heart Yard. Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband.

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