The Man in Black

And Other Stories

By: Elly Griffiths

Narrated by: Luke Thompson, Jane McDowell, Juliette Burton, Beth Eyre, Nina Wadia, Imogen Wilde

LONGLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCATION 2025 DAGGER AWARDS

From 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 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.

The Man in Black illustrates the breadth and variety of Elly Griffiths’s talent for blood-chilling, page-turning stories all with her trademark humor and heart.

Good to hear from Flint!

I like that it was mostly positive stories about Nelson and Dr. It was interesting and i like short stories, this was a book i enjoyed.

Perfection!

I’m so in love with these stories The wonderful characters of Ms Griffith revisited I have a permanent smile on my face as I was just needing an Elly Griffith book back in my life Really incredible writing And the people narrating fabulous

Great variety of short stories.

Interesting combination of stories. I enjoyed listening very much. I would highly recommend anything that Elly Griffiths writes.

Excellent!

When someone said this book was “perfection,” they weren’t kidding! A delightful selection of stories, beautifully performed by a variety of narrators. Loved every minute!

Great read!!!

Enjoyed even more than her other books! Wonderful stories made even better if you already know Elly Griffith’s usual characters. Enjoying Kate finally getting to live with both her biological parents. I hope the next books continue to tell Ruth’s stories.