The August Bank Holiday Fair has come to town and the inhabitants of Mudchester relish the chance to ride the merry-go-round, try their luck at the shooting range - and view the 'freaks'. When one particular human exhibit - Sandra, the Fattest Woman in the World - is found murdered in her tent, the police are baffled to find no physical clue whatsoever as to the identity of the killer. The Chief Constable begs the help of the Reverend Ebenezer Buckle, whose enthusiasm and ability as an amateur sleuth is unrivalled. But when Ebenezer begins to suspect the horrible truth, he wishes he had never become involved in the case. For the key to the murder lies in a horrific and grotesque secret in the dead woman's past...
Originally published in 1933, this is a macabre British murder mystery from the golden age of detection!
Originally published in 1933, this is a macabre British murder mystery from the golden age of detection!
