Common People

Murder in sideshow alley

A.E. Martin

PB 219 PP 200 x 130 1862543038 $9.95 EAN 9781862543034 Literature – Crime Wakefield Press

‘People like to see something different – a king or a notorious criminal, a starving man. Even a dead elephant.’
   
‘Dead elephant?’
   
Pel nodded. ‘Plenty have seen ’em alive. Very few have seen ’em dead.’

Dapper Pel Pelham is pulling stunts again, spruiking for Henri Sapolio, World’s Champion Starving Man. The circus is in town and the police are on the prowl. After Rena, Queen of the Trapeze, takes a dive, not even Estelle, the Armless Wonder, is safe from their enquiries.

Another Wakefield Crime Classic by A.E. Martin:

Sinners Never Die

Other Wakefield Crime Classics:

Arms for Adonis

Death in Dreamtime

A Hank of Hair

Ligny’s Lake

The Secret of the Garden

The Souvenir

Vanishing Point

The Whispering Wall