The midnight hour / Elly Griffiths.
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TextSeries: Griffiths, Elly. Brighton mysteries ; bk. 6.Publisher: Leicester [England] : Thorpe, Isis, 2022Edition: Large print editionDescription: 318 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781399125130Subject(s): Mephisto, Max (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Stephens, Edgar (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Poisoning -- Fiction | Private investigators -- Fiction | Nineteen sixties -- Fiction | Brighton (England) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. | Large type books. Summary: 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 former 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, currently filming THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, starring Bert's son Seth. 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.
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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 former 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, currently filming THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, starring Bert's son Seth. 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.
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