The Painted Tent

Freckled fugitive Smiler is never far from trouble as he makes his way to North Devon in this thrilling finale to The Smiler Trilogy.

Smiler flees to the farm of the ‘The Duchess’ in North Devon, where he stays and tends to circus animals housed there for the winter. All is going well until a peregrine falcon, Fria, escapes.

Freckled fugitive Smiler is never far from trouble.

After hitching a ride south, Smiler finds his way to North Devon and the estate of the 'The Duchess' – a former fairground fortune-teller who now runs a farm. Here, he stays and tends to circus animals housed for the winter.

When a peregrine falcon, Fria, escapes, Smiler must search for ways of helping and recapturing the bird. In doing so, can he solve the problem that has kept him in hiding for so long?

Or does more trouble await?