Books Related To The The Brighton Mysteries Series
The Brighton Mysteries Books In Order
The Brighton Mysteries (aka Magic Men series) transports readers to 1950s England and to the seaside city of Brighton, where the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world collide with a nation recovering from the trauma of war.
Readers are thoroughly engaged by the two central characters Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and charismatic magician Max Mephisto. The two unlikely friends and former military “Magic Men” team up to investigate baffling crimes. As the series progresses readers grow to care for Stephens and Mephisto and their families thanks to Elly Griffiths’ expertise at creating sympathetic characters who feel like real people.
The blend of police procedural and historical fiction also pulls readers in. Elly Griffiths draws on her own family history to wonderfully evoke the Brighton setting, as her grandfather was a music hall comedian and she grew up in the city.
The first book, The Zig Zag Girl, will give you a proper introduction to Stephens and Mephisto and the world in which they live. Although it is not crucial to read the books in order, the Magic Men do age and develop as the series progresses, other characters come to the forefront in later books, and there are continuing plot threads that make reading the series in order more enjoyable. Max Mephisto also appears in a short story included in Man in Black and Other Stories.
Readers are thoroughly engaged by the two central characters Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and charismatic magician Max Mephisto. The two unlikely friends and former military “Magic Men” team up to investigate baffling crimes. As the series progresses readers grow to care for Stephens and Mephisto and their families thanks to Elly Griffiths’ expertise at creating sympathetic characters who feel like real people.
The blend of police procedural and historical fiction also pulls readers in. Elly Griffiths draws on her own family history to wonderfully evoke the Brighton setting, as her grandfather was a music hall comedian and she grew up in the city.
The first book, The Zig Zag Girl, will give you a proper introduction to Stephens and Mephisto and the world in which they live. Although it is not crucial to read the books in order, the Magic Men do age and develop as the series progresses, other characters come to the forefront in later books, and there are continuing plot threads that make reading the series in order more enjoyable. Max Mephisto also appears in a short story included in Man in Black and Other Stories.