Charlie Chan "Drama at the Crown Circus" #[nn]

In "Drama at the Crown Circus," Charlie Chan takes on a high-stakes mystery when carnival operator Mary Conway pleads with him to clear her fiancé, Eric Marlin, of the Rockingham Bandit charges. With a lynch mob closing in and only 48 hours to prove Eric’s innocence, Charlie is left unconscious in a lion’s cage—only to face a desperate dive into the dark waters below, where his air line is severed. Written, drawn, and inked by Alfred Andriola, this gripping tale blends suspense and danger in a setting as treacherous as it is theatrical, with Andriola’s cover art capturing the circus’s eerie grandeur.