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  • THE ZIG ZAG GIRL. by Griffiths, Elly.
    Griffiths, Elly.
    THE ZIG ZAG GIRL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series of historical mysteries set in Brighton in 1950 in post World War II England and introducing Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens - when the body of a girl is found cut into three pieces Stephens realizes the killer is mimicking a famous magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl, invented by Max Mephisto, with whom Edgar served in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men. The Guardian in its Best Crime Novels Round-Up commented "With a labyrinthine plot, a splendid reveal, and superb evocation of the wafer-thin veneer of glamour at the bottom end of show business, this is thoroughly enjoyable." 328 pp. ISBN: 978-0544527942.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88601
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  • THE PROBLEM OF THE MISSING MISS. by Rogow, Roberta.
    Rogow, Roberta.
    THE PROBLEM OF THE MISSING MISS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the resort town of Brighton, where the young Arthur Conan Doyle teams up with the Reverend Charles Dodgson (better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll) in a search for the daughter of a crusading politician. "Rogow manages to describe the dark details of Victorian child prostitution with total honesty while also being nostalgic and very funny." (Dick Adler review) SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-312185537.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84993
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