Death Under Her Skin

Just a few years ago, Willodgin Parker was an ordinary circus performer. Now she works with Lillian Pentacost — the most famous detective in New York. But the past does not want to let her go…
Someone killed the "Amazing Tattooed Woman," Will's circus friend. A knife was plunged into her back, and the only suspect was Valentin Kalishchenko, the man who replaced Will's father.
To save Kalishchenko from a date with the electric chair and to unravel the circus intricacies, Miss Pentacost and her assistant head to the sleepy town of Stoppard, Virginia. Very soon they begin to understand that Will's former colleagues are quite the masters of illusion, and secrets can hide not only under the ink on skin…