The Vanishing Box

Christmas 1953. The magician Max Mephisto and his daughter Ruby are headlining Brighton Hippodrome. This might appear to have nothing in common with DI Edgar Stephens' investigation into the death of a quiet flower seller, but if there's one thing the old comrades have learned it's that, in Brighton, the line between art and life - and death - is all too easily blurred...  Book 4 of series.