Catch a Falling Clown is the seventh in the Toby Peters mystery series. First published in 1981, the story starts when Toby is called by Emmett Kelly, famed clown, who is concerned that an elephant in the small circus he is working in is killed, and he suspects that someone has also tried to murder him.
During the course of this investigation Toby is shot at, beat up, comes face to face with an escaped lion, and ends up in a gorilla cage--with an irate gorilla. He meets a lady who charms snakes, members of a family who perform a high wire act, lion tamers, and many other circus members. He also has a run-in with a couple of law enforcement people he was hoping never to see again, and meets Alfred Hitchcock.
I enjoyed this, and I'm looking forward to the next in the series--featuring Mae West!
This is part of my 2014 Mt. TBR Reading Challenge (bought 12/13/2013), and
the 2014 Vintage Mystery BINGO--Silver--V--book by an author I've read before.
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