Curtain for a jester

Curtain for a jester

1953 • 220 pages

From Mysterious Press:

**Mr. and Mrs. North discover the murder of a prankster is no laughing matter**

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.

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13 primary books

#17 in Mr. & Mrs. North

Mr. & Mrs. North is a 13-book series with 13 primary works first released in 1940 with contributions by Frances Lockridge and Richard Lockridge.

#1
The Norths Meet Murder
#3
A Pinch of Poison
#4
Death on the Aisle: A Mr.  Mrs. North Mystery
#5
Hanged for a Sheep
#6
Death Takes a Bow
#10
Murder Within Murder
#16
Dead As a Dinosaur: A Mr. and Mrs. North Mystery
#17
Curtain for a jester
#18
Death has a small voice
#19
A Key to Death: A Mr. and Mrs. North Mystery
#23
Murder is suggested
#24
The judge is reversed

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