The Fear in Yesterday's Rings

George C. Chesbro. Warner Books, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-446-40102-9

In this unsuspenseful 10th adventure of dwarf-PI Mongo Frederickson, a werewolf-like menace is linked to evil circus owners. Chesbro's new Mongo mystery, Dark Chant in a Crimson Key (Fiction Forecasts, Feb. 17), is also due in April. (Apr.)

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