To Play the Fool

To Play the Fool
First edition
Author	Laurie R. King
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Kate Martinelli series
Publisher	St. Martin's Press
Publication date	1995
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	260
ISBN	978-0-312-11907-2
OCLC	34963280
Preceded by	A Grave Talent
Followed by	With Child

To Play the Fool is the second book in the Kate Martinelli series by Laurie R. King. Preceded by A Grave Talent and followed by the novel With Child, it describes the investigation into the murder of a homeless man.

Plot summary

A homeless man is murdered and Kate must determine the culprit's identity. Everything seems to point to a man whom the homeless community regards as an important religious figure.

Characters in To Play the Fool

Kate Martinelli is a member of the San Francisco Police Department.
Lee Cooper is Kate's lover.
Al Hawkin is Kate's partner at work.

Allusions/references to other works

The title is taken from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (Act 3, scene 1), in which Feste the jester is described as "wise enough to play the fool."

External links

Works by Laurie R. King

Kate Martinelli	A Grave Talent (1993) To Play the Fool (1995) With Child (1996) Night Work (2000) The Art of Detection (2006)

Mary Russell	The Beekeeper's Apprentice (1994) A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995) A Letter of Mary (1997) The Moor (1998) O Jerusalem (1999) Justice Hall (2002) The Game (2004) Locked Rooms (2005) The Language of Bees (2009) The God of the Hive (2010) Beekeeping for Beginners (2011) Pirate King (2011) Garment of Shadows (2012) Dreaming Spies (2015) The Murder of Mary Russell (2016)

Stuyvesant and Grey	Touchstone (2007) The Bones of Paris (2013)

Other novels	A Darker Place (1999) Folly (novel) (2001) Keeping Watch (2003) Califia's Daughters (as Leigh Richards) (2004)

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