The Scales of Justice

ebook The Circus of Unusual Creatures, #6 · The Circus of Unusual Creatures

By Tammie Painter

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  • A crime boss with a secret
  • A swoon-inducing thief
  • A sack of stolen cash
  • It might be the perfect case for Duncan, but he's really just in town for the omelets.

    Zin's Circus of Unusual Creatures is geared up for a lengthy run in Chesterwood, a town run by the infamous crime boss, Rochester McCleary, aka "The Goblin King".

    No one knows why Rochester invited them to town, why he's letting them set up on a recently demolished city block for free, or why he keeps lurking around the circus grounds, but no one is stupid enough to ask McCleary to divulge his suspicious secrets.

    Meanwhile, Duncan's performances have been drastically cut and he's bored off his scales. Bored, that is, until someone breaks into and empties Rochester's vault.

    The boredom is especially lifted when, soon after the heist, a body is found. The only trouble is that the most obvious suspects are a kind-hearted sculptor and Duncan's favorite omelet chef, Pepper.

    Although eager to take the case, Duncan is reluctant to get involved with The Goblin King. After all, he's pretty sure he'd look terrible in cement shoes.

    Can Duncan (along with his fellow amateur sleuths Boris and Cordelia) discover who the real culprit is before Rochester McCleary makes good on his threats? Can they uncover The Goblin King's secrets without ending up in pine boxes? Or will they get too distracted by...

  • A pair of kelpies trying to eat Cordelia (and anyone else they can get their teeth on),
  • A unicorn giving 'modern' dating advice that backfires,
  • And a certain dragon's goal to eat all twenty-four omelets at the Chesterwood Egg-Centricity
  • ...to survive their time in Chesterwood?

    Find out in The Scales of Justice, the latest addition to the Circus of Unusual Creatures Mysteries — a cozy fantasy series that mixes in laughs with murderous mayhem and mythical beasts.

    * * *

    Although it's the sixth book in the series, The Scales of Justice is a great place to jump into the humor-filled mysteries of The Circus of Unusual Creatures series.

    Set in a 1930s that's just a tad different than what you're used to, The Circus of Unusual Creatures is a delightfully humorous cozy fantasy series that features a detecting dragon, an aura-spotting centaur, a chain-smoking unicorn, and plenty of other quirky characters getting into all kinds of trouble as they stumble their way through clues, crimes, and perfectly cooked omelets.

    If you like comic fantasy whodunits that combine laughs with murderous mayhem and mythical beasts you'll love, not only this silly story, but also the other five books in the series:Hoard It All Before, Tipping the Scales, Fangs a Million, Beast or Famine, and Too Claws for Comfort.

    Story Note: While this lighthearted series is mostly clean, it does have a lusty, chain-smoking unicorn who makes more than a few naughty innuendos, a dragon who drinks, a tiny bit of mild swearing, and (obviously) there's a murder or two along the way.

    The Scales of Justice