Circus: Tricks & Mysteries
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"The more you search, the less you'll find, for tricks and mysteries will ruin your mind."
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Thomas Rayhart has only been married a month when his new wife and love of his life, Hazel, disappears in the mysterious circus town of Okandora.
Invited inside a box to amuse the masses during a planned trick, Hazel never resurfaces. Alone among the strange people of the circus, Thomas begins to chase down clues in a town that seems intent on keeping him from his wife.
His amateur investigation leads him to Eden, a pregnant teen in search of her missing sister. Even if a year apart, Thomas hopes that the disappearances could be connected and joins Eden in her search.
Yet, as the two unlikely partners delve deeper into the enigma shrouding Okandora and its residents, especially the prestigious Sullivan family, Thomas is left grappling with the increasingly blurred lines between reality and deception.
Soon, he gets tangled up in the tendrils of his own bloody family history, and is forced to reconsider the true natures of the people around him, including his beloved wife.
Circus: A Tricks & Mysteries Novel.
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