Tricks of Fortune: A Play the Fool Mystery
Jul 2025 · Bantam
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About this ebook
Tarot card reader extraordinaire Katie True gets embroiled in another local murder when her best friend becomes the prime suspect in this exciting mystery from the Edgar Award-winning author of Play the Fool.
“A delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor.” –Library Journal, starred review of Play the Fool
Katie True has finally gotten her crap together. . . sort of. Now that the wildly sinister events of the past year have wound down, Katie finds some success in finally opening her own tarot reading room. The small space might be her sister’s unused real estate office in an outdoor strip mall, but it’s a start. But the momentum Katie’s gained with her new business stalls when the murder of beloved veteran police officer, Matthew Peterson, shakes her and her small community to the core.
Katie is torn. The murdered officer had saved her life as a child and holds a special place in her past. At the same time, her closest friend Gina—who knows Katie better than she knows herself—is not only arrested for the murder, but the primary suspect.
As the investigation unfolds, the details surrounding Peterson’s death become increasingly murky, as does Gina’s innocence. All that Katie knows is that following her intuition has gotten her this far. But will her trusty tarot deck help her when the truth about the people she loves is too terrible to face?
“A delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor.” –Library Journal, starred review of Play the Fool
Katie True has finally gotten her crap together. . . sort of. Now that the wildly sinister events of the past year have wound down, Katie finds some success in finally opening her own tarot reading room. The small space might be her sister’s unused real estate office in an outdoor strip mall, but it’s a start. But the momentum Katie’s gained with her new business stalls when the murder of beloved veteran police officer, Matthew Peterson, shakes her and her small community to the core.
Katie is torn. The murdered officer had saved her life as a child and holds a special place in her past. At the same time, her closest friend Gina—who knows Katie better than she knows herself—is not only arrested for the murder, but the primary suspect.
As the investigation unfolds, the details surrounding Peterson’s death become increasingly murky, as does Gina’s innocence. All that Katie knows is that following her intuition has gotten her this far. But will her trusty tarot deck help her when the truth about the people she loves is too terrible to face?
About the author
Lina Chern’s crime fiction has been published in Mystery Weekly, The Marlboro Review, The Bellingham Review, Rhino, The Collagist, Black Fox Literary Magazine, and The Coil. She is a Pitch Wars alum, the author of Play the Fool, and lives in the Chicago area with her family.
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