The Great Deceiver by Elly Griffith (Quercus, 2024)
Crime Fiction
Elly Griffith’s new book, The Great Deceiver (ISBN: 9781529409901, hardback; paperback is out in April 2024). The latest expertly plotted story in the Brighton Mysteries series starts with the murder of a magician’s assistant, Cherry, in a boarding house. The police are involved, along with two private detectives, and – despite the apparent risks as a second magician’s assistant is murdered – the show must somehow go on.