Blood and Circuses (Phryne Fisher Series, Book #6) by Kerry Greenwood
Blood and Circuses (Phryne Fisher Series, Book #6) by Kerry Greenwood
Phryne Fisher is bored. And then Alan Lee from the carnival arrives at her door. Alan and his friends want her to investigate the strange happenings at Farrell's Circus, where animals have been poisoned and ropes sabotaged. Mr. Christopher has been found with his throat cut in Mrs. Witherspoon's irreproachable boarding house, and Miss Parkes -- an ex-performer -- is charged with his murder.
To be effective, Phryne must abandon her name, her title, her protection, her comfort -- even her clothes. She must fall off a horse twice a day until she can stay on. She must sleep in a girl's tent and dine on mutton stew. And she must find some allies>
Meanwhile, in Melbourne, Tommy Harris has to solve his own mysteries of Miss Parkes will certainly hang.
Poisoned Pen Press, Softcover, 1994
THIS IS A BRAND NEW BOOK.