The Man in Black

LONGLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCATION 2025 DAGGER AWARDSFrom the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway Mysteries, an eclectic, thrilling collection of short stories, featuring many characters that readers have come to know and love.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 t