Curtain for a Jester (The Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries #17)

By: Frances Lockridge and Richard Lockridge

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Synopsis: The murder of a notorious practical joker is no laughing matter in this &“excellent series&” starring a husband-and-wife detective team (The New Yorker). Byron Wilmot will do anything for a laugh. He&’s a legend of practical jokes, notorious for once using a dummy to stage a kidnapping so realistic it fooled the police. So when Pamela and Jerry North are invited to a party at Wilmot&’s home, Mrs. North braces herself for an evening of snakes in a can, rubber spiders, and the like. But tonight, a murderer will get the last laugh. When Wilmot&’s secretary finds her boss lying in a pool of blood with a knife sticking out of his chest, she assumes it&’s just another highly realistic gag. But Wilmot doesn&’t move. He&’s dead and the Norths will have think quickly if they&’re going to find the killer—and make it to the punch line of Wilmot&’s last great joke. Curtain for a Jester is the 17th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.