03016cam a2200661 i 4500 414680425 TxAuBib 20200207120000.0 190315s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019937208 9780316485883 0316485888 TxAuBib rda Hand, Elizabeth,. Curious toys : a novel / Elizabeth Hand. First edition. New York : Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company, [2019] ©2019. 373 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-373). "In the sweltering summer of 1915, Pin, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a carnival fortune-teller, dresses as a boy and joins a teenage gang that roams the famous Riverview amusement park, looking for trouble. Unbeknownst to the well-heeled city-dwellers and visitors who come to enjoy the midway, the park is also host to a ruthless killer who uses the shadows of the dark carnival attractions to conduct his crimes. When Pin sees a man enter the Hell Gate ride with a young girl, and emerge alone, she knows that something horrific has occurred. The crime will lead her to the iconic outsider artist Henry Darger, a brilliant but seemingly mad man. Together, the two navigate the seedy underbelly of a changing city to uncover a murderer few even know to look for.-- Provided by publisher. 20200207. Darger, Henry, 1892-1973 Fiction. Darger, Henry, 1892-1973. 1900-1999. Women detectives Illinois Chicago Fiction. Women detectives Fiction. Gangs Illinois Chicago Fiction. Gangs Fiction. Amusement parks Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Murderers Fiction. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths. Amusement parks. Gangs. Murder Investigation. Murderers. Women detectives. Mystery fiction. Homicide Fiction. Riverview Amusement Park (Chicago, Ill.) Fiction. Riverview Amusement Park (Chicago, Ill.) Fiction. Chicago (Ill) History 20th century Fiction. Chicago (Ill) History Fiction. Illinois Chicago. Illinois Chicago Riverview Amusement Park. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction.