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Circus Child

Margery Lawrence

First published October 1959
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Miles Pennoyer

Jack Holcroft comes to Pennoyer with an unusual case: his fiancé Mitzi is beset by regular bouts of trace-like exhaustion, and now she's begun sleep-talking in a voice not her own. Pennoyer and Jerome will have to contend with a malevolent figure from Mitzi's past if they want to ensure a happy future for the young couple.

First published in "Master of Shadows", Hale, 1959.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1959 Cover Master of Shadows Robert Hale Collection 61
October 1959 Master of Shadows Robert Hale Collection 61
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