The Carnival Killing
(2026)(The tenth book in the Paisley Penrose Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Cheryl Marlow
A charming traveling carnival. A mysterious mentalist. And one performance that ends in murder.
Madame Celeste seemed to know everyone's secrets.
When she's found stabbed to death behind the carnival stage, innkeeper Paisley Penrose is stunned to discover her own name, alongside Detective Grant Halloway's, written in the victim's notebook. She has no idea why the carnival's new mentalist singled them out, but she's determined to find out.
Suspects are plentiful: a knife thrower with a secret connection to the victim, a carnival owner guarding her mysterious past, and dozens of carnival workers who feared her unsettling questions and uncanny observations.
But what begins as a straightforward murder investigation soon uncovers secrets reaching far beyond the carnival midway.
With her lovable Labradoodle, Noodle, and the Shoreline Circle untangling gossip and timelines, Paisley follows the evidence as the investigation becomes a desperate race to rescue her before she becomes the next victim.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Madame Celeste seemed to know everyone's secrets.
When she's found stabbed to death behind the carnival stage, innkeeper Paisley Penrose is stunned to discover her own name, alongside Detective Grant Halloway's, written in the victim's notebook. She has no idea why the carnival's new mentalist singled them out, but she's determined to find out.
Suspects are plentiful: a knife thrower with a secret connection to the victim, a carnival owner guarding her mysterious past, and dozens of carnival workers who feared her unsettling questions and uncanny observations.
But what begins as a straightforward murder investigation soon uncovers secrets reaching far beyond the carnival midway.
With her lovable Labradoodle, Noodle, and the Shoreline Circle untangling gossip and timelines, Paisley follows the evidence as the investigation becomes a desperate race to rescue her before she becomes the next victim.
Genre: Cozy Mystery