Claret and Present Danger by Sarah Fox * Literary Pub Mystery #4

Mystery #4 for literary-themed pub owner and amateur sleuth Sadie Coleman … The Trueheart Renaissance Faire and Circus has rolled into town, attracting locals who can’t wait to spend a few summer days lost in a whimsical world of all-knowing fortune tellers and daring acrobats. Well-read pub owner Sadie Coleman is swept up in the magic herself when she serves drinks to the faire’s resident wizard, the shamelessly brazen illusionist Ozzie Stone, and scores two tickets to his dazzling performance. But while Ozzie is an instant crowd pleaser, the real surprise comes when he collapses in the middle of his set. It’s not part of the act—Ozzie is dead, seemingly poisoned by someone who wasn’t clowning around about writing the roguish showman’s final chapter. Hard cover/hardback with dust jacket Gently used. There is some sticky residue on the cover (maybe a removed label?). The dust jacket has been glued down. See photos. No highlights/notes. ~5.75" x 8.5" – 279 pages including recipes Genre: murder mystery, cozy mystery, cozy murder mystery, novel, fiction, contemporary fiction, female lead, amateur sleuth, vacation reading