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AuthorElly Griffiths
NarratorBeth Eyre
SeriesBrighton Mysteries, Book 6
Duration8h 35m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries
PublisherQuercus
VersionUnabridged
Brighton, 1965. When theatrical impresario Bert Billington is found dead in his retirement home, no one suspects foul play. But when the post-mortem reveals that he was poisoned, suspicion falls on his wife, eccentric ex-music hall star Verity Malone. Frustrated by the police response to Bert's death and determined to prove her innocence, Verity calls in private detective duo Emma Holmes and Sam Collins. This is their first real case, but as luck would have it, they have a friend on the inside: Max Mephisto is filming a remake of Dracula, starring Seth Bellington, Bert's son. But when they question Max, they feel he isn't telling them the whole story. Emma and Sam must vie with the police to untangle the case and bring the killer to justice. They're sure the answers must lie in Bert's dark past and in the glamorous, occasionally deadly, days of Music Hall. But the closer they get to the truth, the more danger they find themselves in...
Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Daniel Philpott
SeriesBrighton Mysteries, Book 1
Duration 8h 2m
When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick: the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick is an old friend of Edgar's. They served together in the war as part of a shadowy unit called the Magic Men. When Edgar receives a letter warning of another 'trick', the Wolf Trap, he knows t...
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Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Beth Eyre
SeriesBrighton Mysteries, Book 7
Duration 8h 26m
Brighton, 1966. Max, now divorced and living in London, is on the way to visit Ruby and her new-born daughter when he is hailed by an old magician friend Ted English, aka The Great Deceiver. Ted is terrified because his assistant, Cherry, has been found dead in her Brighton boarding house and he's convinced that he'll be accused of her murder. Max...
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The Woman In Blue: Ruth Galloway Book 8
Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Jane Mcdowell
SeriesA Dr Ruth Galloway Mystery, Book 8
Duration 9h 44m
The murder of women priests in the shrine town of Walsingham sucks Dr. Ruth Galloway into an unholy investigation. Ruth's friend, Cathbad, is housesitting in Walsingham, a Norfolk village famous as a centre for pilgrimages to the Virgin Mary. One night, Cathbad sees a strange vision in the graveyard beside the cottage: a young woman dressed in blue...
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The Chalk Pit: Ruth Galloway Book 9
Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Jane Mcdowell
SeriesA Dr Ruth Galloway Mystery, Book 9
Duration 9h 59m
Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich's web of underground tunnels. When forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway discovers the bones aren't as old as originally thought, it's time for DCI Nelson to launch a murder inquiry. What was initially just a medieval curiosity has taken a much more sinister nature.... Meanwhile, DS Judy Johnson is in...
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Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Luke Thompson
SeriesBrighton Mysteries, Book 5
Duration 8h
Three girls have left. None has come back. Brighton, 1963. Edgar Stephens has been promoted to Superintendent and is married to his former sergeant, Emma Holmes. Edgar's wartime partner in arms, magician Max Mephisto, is a movie star in Hollywood while his daughter Ruby has her own TV show. The funeral of an old friend highlights just how much the...
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Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Luke Thompson
SeriesBrighton Mysteries, Book 4
Duration 8h 12m
he fourth Brighton Mysteries story from the author of the best-selling Dr Ruth Galloway series - a must-read for fans of Bryant and May. What do a murdered Brighton flower seller, the death of Cleopatra, and a nude tableau show have in common? Listen to the most dangerous case yet for Stephens and Mephisto and find out. Christmas 1953. Max Mephisto...
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Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Luke Thompson
SeriesBrighton Mysteries, Book 3
Duration 8h 26m
Elizabeth II's coronation is looming, but the murder of their wartime commander, Colonel Cartwright, spoils the happy mood for DI Edgar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto. Edgar is sent to New York on the trail of a small-town mesmerist who may provide the key. But it's Edgar's colleague, DS Emma Holmes, who finds the clue that leads them to an ana...
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The Stone Circle: Ruth Galloway Book 11
Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Daniel Philpott
SeriesA Dr Ruth Galloway Mystery, Book 11
Duration 11h 58m
DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters telling him to 'go to the stone circle and rescue the innocent who is buried there'. He is shaken, not only because children are very much on his mind, with Michelle's baby due to be born, but because although the letters are anonymous, they are somehow familiar. They read like the letters that firs...
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Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Daniel Philpott
SeriesBrighton Mysteries, Book 2
Duration 8h 12m
Brighton, 1951. Pantomime season is in full swing with Max Mephisto starring in Aladdin. But Max's headlines have been stolen by the disappearance of two children. With fairy tales in the air, it's not long before the press have a nickname: 'Hansel and Gretel'. DI Edgar Stephens has plenty of leads to investigate. Does the clue lie in the missing g...
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The Outcast Dead: Ruth Galloway Book 6
Author: Elly Griffiths
Author Elly Griffiths
Narrator Clare Corbett
SeriesA Dr Ruth Galloway Mystery, Book 6
Duration 9h 19m
Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle; it's believed to be that of infamous Victorian murderess Jemima Green, who was hanged in 1867 for the murder of five children in her care. DCI Harry Nelson is immersed in the case of three infants found dead, one after the other, in their King's Lynn home....
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