High-Wire Heartbreak

By Anna Schmidt

Book Overview

In 1936--A party at the Ringling mansion Ca d'Zan in Sarasota, Florida, leads to a robbery--and possibly death.

A successful historical mystery writer, Chloe Whitfield comes to Ca' d'Zan to research her next novel. Chloe's fascination with the circus is rooted in family stories of her great-grandmother Lucinda Conroy, who reportedly was a trapeze artist of some renown. She's heard hints of scandal--and perhaps larceny, but no details.

Chloe's grandmother--rumored to be Lucinda's only offspring--was raised in an orphanage and never knew her mother. Intrigued as she is, Chloe has no intent of writing about Lucinda until she sees a poster featuring Lucinda as the star performer for a 70th birthday gala for John Ringling in May of 1936. From there the trail goes cold.

Who was Lucinda and what happened to her?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636091377
• ISBN13: 9781636091372
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Barbour Fiction
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

An amazing trapeze act

5 stars, An amazing trapeze act HIGH-WIRE HEARTBREAK by Anna Schmidt This is a dual-timeline, with Chloe, a writer from the present time, and her great grandmother Lucinda, a trapeze artist from 1939. Chloe is writing a book, with the setting at Ca'd'Zan, which is translated into THE HOUSE OF JOHN, named for John Ringling, owner of the Ringling Brother's Circus, in Sarasota, Florida. She knows her great grandmother was a circus employee of John Ringling, but there was no further information about her. Lucinda and Nardo are a wonderful pair of trapeze artists, who are to perform for John's birthday gala. The author weaves the two stories together, seamlessly. John's house has been preserved in the present time as a museum, it sounds fabulous. It is a 36,000 square foot home, plenty of room for relaxing and entertaining, and also plenty of secret hiding spots. I am thankful to #barbourpublishing #barbour @barbourpublishing for the complimentary copy of #highwireheartbreak I was under no obligation to post a review. #ringling #ringlingmuseumofart #history #inspirationalfiction