In 1936--A party at the Ringling mansion Ca dâZan in Sarasota, Florida, leads to a robbery--and possibly death.
A successful historical mystery writer, Chloe Whitfield comes to Caâ dâZan to research her next novel. Chloeâs fascination with the circus is rooted in family stories of her great-grandmother Lucinda Conroy, who reportedly was a trapeze artist of some renown. Sheâs heard hints of scandalâand perhaps larceny, but no details.
Chloeâs grandmotherârumored to be Lucindaâs only offspringâwas raised in an orphanage and never knew her mother. Intrigued as she is, Chloe has no intent of writing about Lucinda until she sees a poster featuring Lucinda as the star performer for a 70th birthday gala for John Ringling in May of 1936. From there the trail goes cold.
Who was Lucinda and what happened to her?