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The man in black and other stories / Elly Griffiths.

Griffiths, Elly, (author.).

Summary:

Elly Griffiths has always written short stories to experiment with different voices and genres as well as to explore what some of her fictional creations such as Ruth Galloway, Harbinder Kaur, and Max Mephisto might have done outside of the novels. The Man in Black gathers these bite-sized tales all together in one splendid volume. There are ghost stories, cozy mysteries, tales of psychological suspense, and poignant vignettes of love and loss. In the title story, Ruth Galloway crosses paths with a mysterious man in a bookstore, setting in motion a rescue mission that hinges on the legends and lore of Norfolk. Looking into the past, a young magician in 1920s Leeds wonders just what happened to his missing landlady in “Max Mephisto and the Disappearing Act.” In “Justice Jones and the Etherphone,” a witty girl detective investigates the dire prediction of a fortune teller in dreary postwar London. A flashback in time reveals Harbinder Kaur as a Detective Sergeant surviving her first day on the job at Shoreham DCI. To celebrate the holidays, Ruth gets her very first Christmas tree, and her beloved cat narrates his own seasonal story in “Flint’s Fireside Tale.” And readers can armchair travel with stories set on the Amalfi Coast, in Capri, and in Egypt as Ruth and DCI Nelson experience their very own version of Death on the Nile.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063289338
  • ISBN: 0063289334
  • Physical Description: 310 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First US edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2024]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The man in black -- Articulation -- Castles in the air -- Max Mephisto and the disappearing act -- The only pebble on the beach -- St Lucy's Day -- The red handkerchief -- Justice Jones and the Etherphone -- The farewell boat -- Harbinger: a Harbinder Kaur story -- One is silver -- The village church -- Turning traitor -- Ruth's first Christmas tree -- The stranger by R.M. Holland -- What I saw from the sky -- Flint's fireside tale: a Christmas story -- The Valley of the Queens: a Ruth and Nelson story -- Ruth Galloway and the ghost of Max Mephisto.
Subject: Griffiths, Elly > Characters > Fiction.
Galloway, Ruth (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Mephisto, Max (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Ghosts > Fiction.
Detectives > England > Fiction.
Criminal investigation > Fiction.
England > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Ghost stories.
Christmas fiction.
Cozy mysteries.
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.
Short stories.

Available copies

  • 15 of 31 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Washington Public.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 31 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Washington Public Library F GRIFFI (Text) 3151531534 New Books-Fiction Checked out 12/10/2024


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