Cinders to Dust

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In this murderous twist on a familiar fairy tale alchemist Red and her friends face their most glamorous question yet . . . </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>what secrets lurk behind the mask we show to others?</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A magical floating carnival has arrived in Belville and Red's all set to see the opening night performance with her boyfriend Luca. But a chance meeting with a stranger leaves her with doubts-and then the local police officer Thorn receives an uncanny threat to the carnival crew. A search of the carnival ship reveals a body-murdered yet seemingly untouched lying in a locked room. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What seems like an impossible performance draws Officer Thorn Red and their friends into a whirlwind of costumes and drama. Carnival life is far from a fairy tale-amid the hard work and high hopes dangerous secrets are hidden in plain sight. Someone is lying: could it be the mysterious animal trainer perhaps or the alluring sharpshooter? Or is it the prim and proper ship captain or the grieving stepfamily? Tales of betrayal and transformation come to a head at the carnival's masked ball. There Red will have to face her own fears in order to confront a murderer who's been hiding behind a mask all along.</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>