Kerry Greenwood's Blood and Circuses
In the 6th Phryne Fisher book, our intrepid heroine goes undercover at a circus to unravel a string of nasty incidents--including a murder. This one is particularly interesting because it talks so much about class (the very wealthy and titled Phryne has to portray a poor dancer). I also find the morals of this series pretty fascinating--Phryne has new lovers every book and no one seems to think much of it, and one character murdered her husband and everyone who hears the story is like "eh, he deserved it." I'm not sure how historically accurate some of these things are (would a cop really care if another cop was saying derogatory things about circus freaks?) but they're very fun to read about. Plus there is a great bear. A-.
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