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The Juggler (Large Print Edition)
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781667663395
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: Oct 10 2025
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the secluded Etowah Cove, nestled deep within the Great Smoky Mountains, a mysterious stranger arrives calling himself John Leonard, a vagrant juggler. His sophisticated sleight-of-hand tricks, meant to entertain, instead ignite suspicion and terror among the superstitious locals, who see his feats as the work of the devil. But the juggler is not who he seems; he is secretly Lucien Royce, a man presumed dead after a steamboat disaster, now a fugitive from a past filled with financial ruin and a bizarre legal entanglement that makes his very life a valuable commodity to a powerful corporation.
As he tries to maintain his disguise, Royce is haunted by his former life and the weight of his secrets. His host, Tubal Sims, overhears his agonized sleep-talking and suspects him of being a murderer on the run, a fear that spreads through the tight-knit community. Watched by wary eyes and denounced from the pulpit, Royce finds himself increasingly isolated, his every move scrutinized. His only solace is found in the company of Euphemia, the miller's beautiful and fiercely independent daughter, but even this budding romance brings new dangers.
Caught between the life he lost and the precarious one he has built, Royce's deception becomes harder to sustain. The Juggler is a classic tale of suspense, hidden identity, and romance set against the rich backdrop of late 19th-century Appalachia. It explores themes of guilt, superstition, and the impossibility of escaping one's past as the juggler's final, desperate performance hurtles toward a shocking and tragic conclusion.
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