This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader as a part of a Quick Takes Catch-up post, emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness.
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The circus that Will used to be in is in trouble—one of their performers has been killed and another has been arrested. Will's mentor, to be specific. So she and Lillian Pentecost head down south to see what they can do.

It's a culture clash (both the South and the circus) for the duo—Will learns the hard way that maybe she's been gone too long—as well as a fish out of water kind of thing for Pentecost. Although not as much as Will and the reader might expect.

I enjoyed this one a lot more than the predecessor—it's still a bit too much about Will and her current love interest than it is about Pentecost and the case they're supposed to be working on. The mystery was clever, the character arcs were solid and Will's narrative voice is strong enough to keep the reader/listener locked in.