No.

[It’s an easy answer, even if his memory of the last circus he’s visited is foggy, gone distant with the passage of years.]

The point of a circus is to have fun, not to instill fear. And there’s a preoccupation with fire here unlike any circus I’ve ever heard about.

[Themes are not unheard of. But unease lingers where the circus has made its temporary home, and Stephen is sure the flames aren’t adding to a sense of comfort.]

Let’s get moving. If this was one of your investigations, where would you start?