Beast or Famine

<ul><li><em><strong>A seaside eating contest.</strong></em></li><li><em><strong>A cheating song-stealing all-around-no-good ex.</strong></em></li><li><em><strong>And a chain-smoking unicorn doling out dating advice.</strong></em></li></ul><p><em><strong>What could possibly go wrong?</strong></em></p><p> </p><p>It's time for the Seaside Family Fun Fair's annual eating contests and Zin's Circus of Unusual Creatures has been invited to perform as the feature act.</p><p> </p><p>Right from the start trouble is brewing. Trouble that to everyone's surprise has (almost) nothing to do with</p><p>Fergus now referring to himself as The Love Guru.</p><p> </p><p>Besides foul moods over the weather the decrepit state of the fun fair and the sand wedging itself well everywhere tempers truly flare when Molly's ex-husband Albert shows up for the competition.</p><p> </p><p>Albert has a bad track record. He's cheated in a previous eating contest he's stolen Molly the Mini-taur's songs and he's got an ogre-sized secret that could destroy the fun fair.</p><p> </p><p>So the moment the competition turns deadly Duncan - dragon and amateur sleuth - has a long list of people who wouldn't mind sending Albert six feet under. Problem is two of Duncan's friends are the most likely suspects. Matters only get worse when Duncan discovers Zin has agreed to a partnership that's smellier than a sack of rotting fish heads.</p><p> </p><p>And with Pepper so busy prepping food for the contest she's failed to keep up with Duncan's omelet needs.</p><p> </p><p>Seriously no dragon should have to sleuth in these conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Can Duncan find the killer before they strike again? Will Zin lose his circus to this partnership? What relationship disasters will Fergus cause? And what is up with those ogres?</p><p> </p><p>Find out in <em><strong>Beast or Famine</strong></em> the latest installment of The Circus of Unusual Creatures Mystery series.</p><p> </p><p>~ ~ ~</p><p> </p><p>Although it's the fourth book in the series <strong><em>Beast or Famine</em></strong> is a great way to jump into Circus of Unusual Creatures Mysteries. </p><p> </p><p>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 mystery 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.</p><p> </p><p>If you like comic fantasy whodunnits that mix in laughs with murderous mayhem and mythical beasts you'll love not only this silly story but also the first three books in the series: <em><strong>Hoard It All Before Tipping the Scales </strong></em>and<em><strong> Fangs a Million</strong></em>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Story Note:</strong> While this cozy fantasy mystery 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.</p>