TY - BOOK AU - Griffiths, Elly, TI - The vanishing box T2 - Stephens and Mephisto mystery SN - 1784297003 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Quercus Publishing KW - Mephisto, Max (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Stephens, Edgar (Fictitious character) KW - Nineteen fifties KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Great Britain| KW - History KW - Elizabeth II, 1952- KW - Historical fiction KW - Detective and mystery fiction N2 - What do a murdered Brighton flowerseller, the death of Cleopatra and a nude tableau show have in common? One thing's for sure - it could be the most dangerous case yet for Stephens and Mephisto... Christmas 1953. Max Mephisto and his daughter Ruby are headlining Brighton Hippodrome, an achievement only slightly marred by the less-than- savoury support act: a tableau show of naked 'living statues'. This might appear to have nothing in common with DI Edgar Stephens' current case of the death of a quiet flowerseller, 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..."-- Publisher's description. ER -