Play the Fool by Lina Chern
Katie True is jumping from one dead-end job to the next, trying to keep a low profile with her overbearing family that’s always hoping she’ll live up to her potential.
She’s currently selling tchotchkes in the mall and reading tarot while her friend Marley works in a clothing store across the way…
until a man stumbles into Katie’s shop with a photo of Marley with a gunshot wound.
Katie has to use her street smarts and cunning to solve Marley’s murder while asking herself if she ever truly knew her friend at all.
This was a fun murder mystery with faint rom-com vibes that would translate well to the screen! While there’s plenty of things that happen that require a strong suspension of disbelief, I went along for the ride because I understood it’s a lighthearted story here to entertain and that’s what it did!
Thanks to Bantam and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review. Play the Fool was released on March 28, 2023.
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