The Circus Lights

<p><strong>THE NEW SLIM HARDY MYSTERY</strong></p><p> </p><p>One autumn night in 1992 young trapeze artist Maria's circus career is cut short by a horrific fall. Later investigation reveals sabotage but by then the ramshackle Southern Cross Circus has folded and its garrulous ring master and owner fled to Spain.</p><p> </p><p>And the prime suspect in the possible crime Maria's boyfriend has disappeared without trace never to be seen again.</p><p> </p><p>After a chance encounter with Maria decades afterwards private investigator John Slim Hardy sets out to uncover the truth.</p><p> </p><p>But what starts out as a minor investigation soon spirals out of control into a case of multiple murder and a series of events that still leave their mark more than thirty years later.</p><p> </p><p>In the glare of the circus lights Slim could be facing his most complex investigation yet.</p>