Search - To Play the Fool (Kate Martinelli, Bk 2)

Another Homicide Detective Kate Martinelli Mystery. Burned body of a dog found in a San Francisco Park, three weeks later the dogs owner, found in the same condition. Kate has to question a lot of the Homeless including a man that speaks only in the form of quotations. Exciting!!

I have read all of Laurie King's books. This one is very good, although I have liked the Sherlock Holmes with his new wife Mary a bit better.

One of the Kate Martinelli series, which I personally like even better than King's current more popular series, stars a main character who speaks only in sonnets and couplets. Sound boring? He is far from it, as he draws the eye and company of everyone on the campus and in the green and is known throughout Golden Gate Park. Kate has much to investigate, and she does not make friends trying to bring down a villain who has endeared himself to nearly everyone in his community...you must read on to find out what happens... This book has no lack of twists and turns in King's usual style.

There's much more about the history and nature of Holy Fools in this book than there is a murder mystery, far more about Fools than I really wanted to know. The murder mystery is pushed in around the edges, and gets wrapped up in a few pages at the end. Apparently in spite of an early mention that they had partial fingerprints on the corpse, they didn't search the national fingerprint (AFIS?) database. King writes well, hence the 2.5 stars. Not a candidate for a re-read.

One of my fvorites! ONe of the few I think worth RE-reading. Laurie King is always a good read; smart, well researched, and very readable. No STUPID dialogue.