The Vanishing Box

A magician plays detective when a show girl is murdered in an English resort town in this historical mystery by the Edgar Award-winning author.   Brighton, England, 1953 . Over the holiday season, Max Mephisto and his daughter Ruby are headlining a variety show at the Brighton Hippodrome. Landing a gig at the city’s biggest theater is a major achievement, and only slightly marred by the less-than-savory supporting act: a tableau show of naked “living statues.” But when one of the girls goes