Tricks of Fortune

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 “A delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor.” – Katie True has finally gotten her crap together. Sort of. It’s a miracle after the wild events of the last year, but she has her own tarot reading room now. The small space might be her sister’s unused real estate office, but it’s a start. She can hardly get her ducks in a row when she learns a veteran police officer has been murdered, and their small town is shaken to its core. Katie doesn’t have many strong allegiances, and this officer saved her as a child and he’s the reason she’s still around. At the same time, her closest friend Gina is arrested for the murder--the one person who Katie feels understands her better than she knows herself. Katie can’t just sit around, but as the investigation unfolds, the details surrounding the officer’s death become murky, as does Gina’s innocence. Following her gut is what has gotten her this far in life, but it may take more than a tarot reading to solve this one.

Auteur

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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Tarot card reader extraordinaire Katie True flexes her investigative muscles when her family becomes the prime suspect in a local murder in this exciting mystery from the 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. It’s a miracle after the wild events of the last year, but she has her own tarot reading room now. The small space might be her sister’s unused real estate office, but it’s a start. Moreover, adulthood isn’t as exciting as Katie imagined, and it’s not long before she begins to miss the action of using her tarot cards for investigating murder, rather than answering trivial questions.

But when a murder of a veteran police officer shakes the small town, Katie is compelled to use her newfound investigative skills. Luckily, her partner-in-solving-crime, Detective Jamie Roth, is assigned to the case. Katie may be a useful resource in the investigation, as her family is quite close with the deceased after he saved baby Katie from the scene of a car crash.

It may take more than a tarot reading to solve this one, as Katie must dig deeper into her own past and rekindle a former friendship to help her this time around. Lina Chern brings another charming whodunit, following the same delightful characters, with a new thrilling murder to solve.