Candy-Coated Secrets

By Cynthia Hickey

Book Overview

A horn blares

A crash

Somebody screams

When a carnival train crashes in front of Summer Meadows's house, she does what comes naturally - she acts without thinking and volunteers to lead an elephant to the fairground. The animal's trainer follows close behind but disappears when they reach their destination.

When Summer goes looking for the trainer, she finds something altogether different - a woman hanging dead in the shower of one of the trailers. A carnival slew of mishap and misadventure ensue when Summer and her fiance, Ethan, set out to solve the murder and wind up in a fun house that is anything but.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1087963311
• ISBN13: 9781087963310
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Winged Publications
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful page turner

This book is a page turner with the mystery that leaves you quessing until the end. A great read.

Fun, adventure and chocolate too!

Summer Meadows doesn't seek out trouble, but it seems to find her at every turn. It's not Summer's fault when a carnival train crashes in front of her house. And what Christian-minded, kind-hearted young woman wouldn't agree to help out in the midst of the chaos? But only Summer is likely to take on single-handedly escorting a cantankerous elephant to the fairgrounds. A full mile. On foot. The elephant's trainer is nowhere to be found when Summer finally arrives, towing her over-sized charge. By now, having been sprayed with the contents of the animal's nose and repeatedly pushed and shoved by its massive trunk, our heroine is more than a little ill-tempered. She sets off in search of the missing woman, but finds instead a dead body hanging in a shower. It's plainly murder, and the feisty candy-store owner can't be persuaded to stay out of it. What follows is a carnival house of fun and folly when wanna-be sleuth Summer, Aunt Eunice, and even boyfriend Ethan - to the extreme frustration of Summer's cousin, the chief of police - poke into shadowy corners of a third-rate carnival/circus seeking answers that become more elusive with every clue. Candy-Coated Secrets is number two in the Summer Meadows Mystery collection from Heartsong Presents Mysteries. Author Cynthia Hickey delivers a well-written tale packed plumb full of family fun, quirky humor, a few moments of truly scary suspense, and even some porch swing romancin'. Truly enjoyable. Y'all won't wanta miss this little candy-coated confection!