Nice but very simple and short: 36 pages. It's well written, well enough at least, but it's so short that as the investigation starts, it's already finished. Mike Shayne is a private investigator and he accepts a curious case: a circus might be under sabotage. Jolly the clown and Thumbo the dwarf own the circus, and Thumbo is sure that someone is trying to sabotage it. Shayne investigates. A lot of little accidents without serious consequences, until the old lion breaks loose and Thumbo almost has a heart attack. He has a weak heart, and this gives Shayne the idea that not the circus but Thumbo himself might be the intended victim. If Thumbo died, Jolly would be the only owner of the circus. Mike finds easily the proof he needs, and he can arrest Jolly and his accomplice, a girl who had written him love letters and would have liked to share with him the ownership. Thumbo is heartbroken but alive. That's it, nothing more. I found it in a collection of crime-stories, the only possible place for it.
ITA il circo a tre piste
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