February 2020 Book Selection

Join the North Providence Mystery Book Club on Tuesday February 4, 2020. We will be discussing Thirteenth Night by Alan Gordon. This book is the first in the Fool’s Guild series, and uses Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night as the basis for the story.

The description from the book jacket is “In late December 1200 A.D a merchant arrives at a tavern near the Guildhall of the Fool’s Guild with a message for one of the jesters. The message is brief: “Orsino is dead.” Fifteen years before, the jester, using the name of Feste, secretly interceded on the Guild’s behalf in a dynastic crisis in the Duchy of Orsino, thus spoiling the plans of Saladin’s agent, Malvolio. These events, recorded centuries later somewhat differently in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, led to Malvolio’s humiliation and his oath of revenge. Now, with the unexpected death of the Duke of Orsino, Feste suspects murder and sees the hand of Malvolio behind it.

With the backing of the Guild, Feste secretly returns to Orsino disguised as a merchant, to find out what really happened to the Duke and ferret out Malvolio. But, fifteen years is a long time and Malvolio could be disguised as anyone. Only one thing is certain: Feste must uncover and foil the plot before he is found out by Malvolio, who has been planning his revenge for a very long time.”

We will be meeting in the Second Floor Meeting Room at 7:00 pm.