Stakeout at the Vampire Circus by noted science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson (
ISFDB entry;
Wikipedia), is some kind of short/novella in his Dan Shamble, Zombie PI comedic horror/urban fantasy series, free courtesy of publisher Kensington.
Currently free @
B&N and
Amazon (available to Canadians).
Description
“LADIES AND ZOMBIES, IN THE CENTER RING…”
Zombie P.I. Dan Shamble and his ghost girlfriend are called to the Vampire Circus when a fortune teller’s cards go missing. Not exactly the glamorous life, but the stakes escalate when a vampire trapeze act goes dead wrong, and Shamble discovers even more skeletons in the closet than the ones that live there. As he shuffles for clues through an unnatural cast of carnies, he faces a slate of suspects that could freak out even the most daring detective—a werewolf lion tamer, a fat lady with an enormous secret, an undead ringmaster…and what could be scarier than a circus clown? The only thing certain is that the show must go on—dead or alive.