The Sloth's Eye

Everyone comes to the zoo to see the charming yearly ritual of elephants playfully stomping pumpkins at Halloween. Small mammal keeper Hannah usually thinks it’s not fair—why do the big animals get all the attention? But this year the fun turns deadly: Victor, lover of charismatic zoo director Allison, is found dead in the elephant yard—where he’d been left with a pumpkin carved to fit his head.

Just when Hannah’s feeling lucky to be in the background, Allison reveals her plan to distract th...