Catch a Falling Clown (The Toby Peters Mysteries #7)

By: Stuart M. Kaminsky

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Synopsis: A hard-boiled Hollywood PI has to work without a net to save Emmett Kelly from a killer who&’s not clowning around: &“Nostalgic fun&” (Publishers Weekly). In February 1942, Californians may be living in fear of a Japanese attack, but the show must go on. The circus is in town—unfortunately so is a killer saboteur who&’s targeting the star attractions. Private detective Toby Peters is no stranger to going undercover, but this is the first time his disguise will include a red nose. The killer has already electrocuted an elephant, and hobo clown Emmett Kelly has had a close brush with death. The second-rate circus in this sleepy coastal town seems like another world from Peters&’s usual Hollywood beat, but of all people, Alfred Hitchcock, the director of Suspicion, is under suspicion. With the investigation on the verge of becoming a three-ring circus, it&’s up to Toby Peters to cage the killer before anyone else meets a bad end under the big top. Edgar Award winner Stuart M. Kaminsky&’s &“Toby Peters series [is] a delight . . . Written with more than a dash of humor&” and this big-top murder mystery is a &“fun, lightweight book for all mystery fans&” (Library Journal).