Lina Chern: Tricks of Fortune
Play the Fool #2
This book follows Chern’s Edgar winner, Play the Fool, which introduced Tarot card reader Katie True. While I haven’t read the first book, this one still did an excellent job of weaving Katie’s origin story into the plot. As the book opens, Katie, who runs a tarot reading business out of her sister’s real estate office, is stunned when her friend Gina is arrested for the murder of local hero cop, Matthew Peterson, better known in town as “Officer Pete.” Not only is Katie rocked by Gina’s arrest, she’s rocked by the death of Officer Pete, who famously rescued baby Katie True from a car wreck and saved her life.