Toby Peters, the Hollywood private eye who has previously saved
the likes of Judy Garland, Gary Cooper, and the Marx Brothers, is back. This time
theres trouble under the big top, and his services are required by none other than
Emmett Kelly.

A circus elephant has been electrocuted and Kelly fears for his life.
Toby goes undercover as a clown and becomes entangled with a
cast of bizarre characters, including a 250-pound wrestler/poet, a
beautiful snake charmer, an immaculately-dressed Swiss midget, and
a baffling witness named Alfred Hitchcock. Its all in a days work
for Toby Peters, and in another fast-paced Forties-era mad-cap
adventure for his fans.

Stuart Kaminsky received the 1990 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best mystery novel, as well as France's Grand Prix de Roman d'Aventures in 1991. His love of the movies and long career as a professor of film history led him to create the popular and critically acclaimed Toby Peters series. He lives in Florida with his wife and children.

Tom Parker, recipient of the Golden Voice award, records a remarkable variety of books while pursuing his love of theater by directing two or three professional stage productions a year in the Washington, D.C., area.