Vroege Recensenten

Inspector Deighton has two years left until he is retirement eligible. It is all he can do to endure the crazy antics of the Police Superintendent. Then he lands an assignment to investigate floral arrangements with pig tails, snakes squirming under neck scarves and a bird tethered to a little girl's hat! The complainant is Lady Carmella, new in town. Deighton pays Lady Carmella a visit and hears her out. Her story sounds a bit familiar, and he realizes it's the Circus Troupe. He explains the people she saw were her neighbors, a retired circus troupe, engaging in stage pranks. He relates how their antics caused quite a commotion when they first moved to town. Lady Carmella wants to believe him.

Two days later, when the case returns to Deighton's assignment roster, Lady Carmella is unconscious. The craziness ramps up. Hijinx, hardened criminals, meat pies, racist violence, ex-KGB, blackmail, vigilantes, cockroaches, human cadavers, police corruption, beheaded sheepdogs, eugenics, candle light vigils, water hoses and greenhouses, all begin to emerge. Deighton needs to figure out what has been going on in the Town of Huffinfield. Not everyone wants the truth uncovered.