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To Play the Fool

By: Laurie R. King
Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
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Homicide detectives Kate Martinelli and Al Hawkin are investigating the death of a man whose cremated remains are found in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Implicated in the death is Erasmus, a wandering soul and latter-day Shakespearean Fool who Kate doubts is guilty. He will say nothing to point the investigation away from himself, and Kate must not only prove his innocence, she must also nail the real killer.

©1995 Laurie R. King (P)2013 Recorded Books LLC

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" To Play the Fool is quite wonderful" ( Boston Globe)
"Original and subtle" ( Evening Standard)
"One of the most literate and gifted writers the mystery world has seen" (Val McDermid)

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