Tricks of Fortune A Play the Fool Mystery

Tarot card reader extraordinaire Katie True is back, and this time the cards have dealt her an impossible hand. Fresh from opening her own reading room (okay, so it’s in a strip mall—dreams have to start somewhere), Katie’s world tilts when beloved police officer Matthew Peterson is murdered. The man who once saved her life is gone, and her best friend Gina has become the prime suspect.

From Edgar Award-winning author Lina Chern comes this gripping follow-up to Play the Fool, a novel that earned a starred review from Library Journal, who praised it as “a delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor.” In Tricks of Fortune, Chern weaves an intricate mystery that asks: what happens when your intuition and your loyalty collide?

As Katie digs deeper into Peterson’s death, the investigation reveals secrets too dark to ignore and truths too painful to accept. With her trusty tarot deck as her guide, she must navigate a maze of lies, half-truths, and devastating revelations about the people she holds closest. But can even the cards reveal answers when the truth might destroy everything she believes in?

Perfect for fans of amateur sleuth mysteries with heart, humor, and a touch of the mystical, this second installment in the Play the Fool series delivers clever plotting, genuine friendship, and a protagonist whose flaws make her irresistibly real. Katie True may not have all her crap together, but she’s determined to find justice—even when it costs her everything.

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