The Parisian Prodigal

A Fools' Guild Mystery

Fools' Guild Mysteries (Volume 8)

Alan Gordon

Minotaur Books

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“Only a fool would pass this one up.” —Laurie R. King

In 1205, Theophilos—a fool by trade, a family man by choice, and a spy by design—belongs, along with his family, to the Fools’ Guild, a group that secretly maintains the fragile order of society. In Toulouse, that order is threatened when, unexpectedly, a man claiming to be a full brother of the ruling count is found one morning in a local bordello next to a dead whore, killed with his own sword. Now, Theophilos and his family must uncover the truth.

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THE PARISIAN PRODIGAL (Chapter 1)

Locks make you careless. You close the door, you turn the key, you hear the iron slide into place and think, There! I am safe. There is a closed, locked door protecting me from all danger.

But the truth is, I can pick most of the locks that I encounter in the world, and I am far from being the best lock-picker in the Fools’ Guild. That honor, by the way, may eventually go to Helga, my apprentice, who has taken to my lessons on this particular subject with an enthusiasm far beyond that which she has demonstrated for juggling, music, knife-throwing,

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AL AN GORDON is the author of seven previous novels featuring Theophilos, the Jester. He lives in Queens, New York.

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The Parisian Prodigal
A Fools' Guild Mystery
Fools' Guild Mysteries (Volume 8)
Alan Gordon

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St. Martin's Press
Minotaur Books
January 2010
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780312384142
ISBN10: 0312384149
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 336 pages
$25.99
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