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Carnival season is off to an explosive start in this thriller from the bestselling DI Nick Dixon crime series. Detective Chief Inspector Nick Dixon arrives late for Bridgwater's winter carnival. He's come to see the squibbing, the traditional firework display that brings the town's November festivities to a dramatic close. But when the squib of Avalon Carnival Club president Richard Webb is lit, it explodes, engulfing him in flames. Dixon knows he's just witnessed a killer making a very show more public statement. And he can't help feeling it's only the beginning. After his suspicions are confirmed at the Burnham-on-Sea carnival forty-eight hours later, the race is on to find the killer before the next event in a nearby town. Can Dixon stop the killings before any more lives are lost? And can he do it with police Professional Standards investigators breathing down his neck? show lessTags
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Another complex plot woven around the real Somerset major carnivals which take place in November in Bridgewater, Burnham-on-sea and North Petherton. They feature something called Squibbing, a key part of the plot, which I'd never heard of before, essentially a firework on a pole. The author uses many of the locations familiar to me from a brief visit to the area last year which brings the story to life. As usual the author's specialist legal knowledge is made good use of in the plot. Hopefully Burnham-on-sea estate agents aren't as they are portrayed in the plot!
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- Carnival Blues
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