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The Midnight Hour :Twisty mystery from the bestselling author of The Locked Room - The Brighton Mysteries
The Midnight Hour :Twisty mystery from the bestselling author of The Locked Room - The Brighton Mysteries
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Published:
14 April, 2022
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**THE THRILLING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
'If only all history mysteries could be as good as The Midnight Hour' The Times
An old man lies dead and it looks like poison, but his wife isn't the only one who had reason to kill him.
Brighton, 1965
When theatrical impresario Bert Billington is found dead in his retirement home, no one suspects foul play. But when the postmortem 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 Billington, 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...
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PRAISE FOR THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
'An intricately plotted whodunnit' Daily Mail
'Griffiths writes with verve and wit' Irish Times
'An entertaining period murder mystery' Irish Independent
'Layered with a gripping plot' Belfast Telegraph
A Sunday Times bestseller w/c 24/04/2022
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781787477605 |
| ISBN10 | 1787477606 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 248 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 198 x 28 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Quercus Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Beneath the smooth, swan-like progression of Elly Griffith's sentences there is a lot going on. She is utterly in control of her material, and the machinations of the plot are never allowed to swamp character development, sense of place or the creation of atmosphere. She is a witty writer: the sturdy legs of a toddler on a swing, for example, are said to be "kicking the sky." If only all history mysteries could be as good as The Midnight Hour.
* The Times *Griffiths writes with verve and wit, and has an unflaggingly keen eye . . . deliriously entertaining
* Irish Times *An entertaining period murder mystery full of delightfully eccentric - and one decidedly deadly - luvvies
* Irish Independent *Layered with a gripping plot ... very, very enjoyable' * Belfast Telegraph *
An intricately plotted whodunnit * Daily Mail *
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Author's Bio
Elly Griffiths is a multi-award-winning author and a No. 1 bestseller. She has written twenty-seven crime novels for adults; four for children, and a volume of short stories. Her books for adults include the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries, the Brighton Mysteries and the Detective Harbinder Kaur series, as well as The Frozen People, the first book in the Ali Dawson Mysteries. Elly's many accolades include the CWA Dagger in the Library, the Edgar Award, the Fingerprint Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award, as well as being shortlisted multiple times for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award. Elly has two grown-up children and lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband and their cat, Pip.