When a Renaissance Faire visits the small town of Shady Creek,
Vermont, amateur sleuth and proprietor of bookish theme pub The Inkwell,
Sadie Coleman, finds deadly happenings stick around like red wine stains
on white tunics in the fourth Literary Pub Mystery by USA Today
bestselling author Sarah Fox.
The Trueheart Renaissance Faire and Circus has rolled into town,
attracting locals who can't wait to spend a few summer days lost in a
whimsical world of all-knowing fortune tellers and daring acrobats.
Well-read pub owner Sadie Coleman is swept up in the magic herself when
she serves drinks to the faire's resident wizard, the shamelessly brazen
illusionist Ozzie Stone, and scores two tickets to his opening
performance.
Sadie has no complaints about indulging in a free show with her new
beau, craft brewery owner Grayson Blake. But while Ozzie is an instant
crowd pleaser, the real surprise comes when he collapses in the middle
of his set. It's not part of the act--Ozzie is dead, seemingly poisoned
by someone who wasn't clowning around about writing the roguish
showman's final chapter.
The terrifying situation intensifies when the police eye one of Sadie's
employees, last seen caught in a suspicious fist fight at the
fairground. With so much at stake, Sadie must strain through a suspect
list longer than her cocktail menu to find the real knave of a killer.
But when another performer is murdered, it becomes clear that bringing
the mixed-up murderer to justice will be about as dangerous as walking
the high wire after happy hour...
