With quirky LGBTQ+ amateur sleuths, Cirque du Slay will delight readers looking for a madcap mystery with high-flying excitement!
Pint-sized Seattle middle school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. The celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is the artistic director of Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show combining magic, acrobatics, and a Michelin-star dinner. But Kennedy is a no-show—until she’s found dead in her hotel suite.
When frenemy Sarah Lee is discovered in the room with the body, Hayden and Hollister are on the case to find the real culprit before Sarah Lee is charged with the crime.
The suspects for the murder are as unique as Mysterium a Russian trapeze artist, a cowgirl comedian sharp-shooter, an over-cologned operations director, a feisty, green-haired costume manager, and Adrenalin!, a sexy troop of Romanian male acrobats...If Hayden and Hollister are to clear Sarah Lee of suspicion, they’ll have to outsmart a killer for whom trickery is art. (Summary via Goodreads)
Readers will love the Hayden & Friends Mystery series by Rob Osler. This is a very unique series and with the second book just released, you have plenty of time to catch up if you aren't already a huge fan !!
Cirque du Slay has main character Hayden and his best friend Hollister again working to solve a murder and uncover the truth ... except this time Hayden has to struggle with the fact that Sarah Lee is not one of his favorite people.
In Cirque du Slay a circus like show, Mysterium is in town and Sarah Lee grew up with one of the performers so she asks her to come perform at a fundraiser being held at a friends bakery. When Kennedy does not show up or return her calls, Sarah Lee storms out saying that Kennedy is a dead woman. Kennedy goes to the hotel where a number of the performers are staying and is found by the police standing over Kennedy's body holding the murder weapon. Unfortunately Kennedy does not remember entering the room or the events until the police arrived. Because Kennedy works for Hayden and Hollister's other close friend, Burley, the group know they must look into the murder and clear Sarah Lee's name.
Hayden and Hollister begin investigating at the big tent and surrounding trailers of where Mysterium is set for a month-long performance. In order to get in and have access to everyone, they have to go undercover. This is all well and good until they get in hot water and need to rethink everything !!
Readers will love this series. It is a fresh look at cozy mysteries in a lot of ways !! First the main character is a male, a gay male. His best friend is a black woman who wears black, has a mohawk hairstyle and is as sweet as can be. Hayden often seeks the help of his aunt's neighbor who is an elderly man. Throughout the story Hayden shares posts from his Mates on Dates blog. And there are a lot of other unique things regarding this series but I will leave some of the mystery for you to uncover as you dig into this amazing series !!!
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