The critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Declan Walsh series continues... "No one's laughing now..." Every February, the clowns of Britain gather at All Saints Church in Haggerston for the Grimaldi Memorial Service. When this year's service ends, one Joey remains seated in a pew near the back. By the time anyone realises he isn't sleeping, he's been dead for over an hour. Over a hundred witnesses. Every one of them in full clown makeup. And a murderer among them. When DCI Declan Walsh and the Temple Inn team scrub the makeup from the victim, the mystery deepens – his face is nowhere on the Clown Egg Register. He's not a clown at all. What he is, and why he died holding a slice of cake from a service held a decade ago, pulls the team into the secretive world of Britain's clowning fraternity – to a musical grave in Islington where mourners still dance, to a two-hundred-year-old story of a daughter ordered to sever her father's head, and to a theft from the Clowns' Gallery in Dalston that was never reported to the police. While Doctor Rosanna Marcos receives a visit from a face she hasn't seen in years – and is forced to face a promise she thought she'd already repaid – in a church full of laughter, the killer is sitting in plain sight. Declan has faced killers who hide in shadows before. But this one is hiding behind a smile – and the show isn't over yet... The twenty-sixth book in the critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling series of procedural crime thrillers featuring DCI Declan Walsh and the team of the Last Chance Saloon, Tears Of A Clown is perfect for fans of J.D. Kirk, L.J. Ross, Ian Rankin, Alex Smith, Rachel McLean, J.M. Dalgliesh, and Ann Cleeves, among others. If you've enjoyed the suspenseful thrillers of these authors, you won't be able to put down Tears of A Clown. PICK IT UP NOW before the price changes! \———- What people are saying about Jack " ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is one of those books that will keep you up past your bedtime, as each chapter lures you into reading just one more." "⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My wife is in such a bad mood with me because I can't leave the story until the end... can't wait for the next one ." " ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic book, if you’re a fan of crime and police procedurals, oh boy, you’ll love this one." " ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I have read all the books in the series so far and enjoyed them all... I couldn't go to bed till I had finished it." " ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding. Full of twists and turns, false leads and an ending so brilliant I was gasping out loud. Amazing." " ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book is better than anything on the telly. Very entertaining."