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Play the fool : a mystery / Lina Chern.

Chern, Lina, (author.).

Summary:

"A cynical tarot card reader seeks to uncover the truth about her friend's mysterious death in this delightfully clever whodunit. For Katie True, a keen gut and quick wit are just tools of the trade. After a failed attempt at adulting in Chicago, she's back in the suburbs living a bit too close to her overbearing parents, jumping from one dead-end job to the next, and flipping through her tarot deck for guidance. Then along comes Marley. Mysterious, worldly, and comfortable in her own skin, Marley takes a job at the mall where Katie peddles Russian tchotchkes. The two just get each other. Marley doesn't try to fix Katie's life or pretend to be someone she's not, and Katie thinks that with Marley's friendship she just might make it through this rough patch after all. So one day, having been encouraged by Marley to practice soothsaying, Katie reads tarot for someone who stumbles into her shop. But when she sneaks a glance at his phone, she finds more than just clairvoyant intel. She finds a photo. Of Marley. With a gunshot wound to the head. The bottom falls out of Katie's world. Her best friend is dead? Who killed her? She quickly realizes there are some things her tarot cards can't foresee, and she must put her razor-sharp instincts to the ultimate test. But the truth has deadly consequences, and Katie's recklessness lands her in the crossfire of a threat she never saw coming. Now Katie must use her street smarts and her inner Strength card to solve Marley's murder-or risk losing everything"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593500668
  • ISBN: 0593500660
  • Physical Description: 312 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bantam, [2023]
Subject:
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Tarot > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Psychics > Fiction.
Threat (Psychology) > Fiction.
Friendships.
Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Gangster fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.

Available copies

  • 18 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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