Why read The Fortune Teller?

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Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, specialising in deciphering ancient texts. And when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to…

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1 author picked The Fortune Teller as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Susan Wands

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I like the format of this book, where each chapter is titled after a Tarot card. The involves a manuscript from Cleopatra’s time with a seer named Ionna to our modern-day protagonist, Semele, who works in an auction house.

Ionna foresaw a sort of doomsday tarot deck throughout history and in this manuscript, which is now up for sale, named Semele in her prophecy. She has to track down the descendants of Ionna, who may have the key to where this tarot deck is, before the manuscript passes into the wrong hands.

While tarot isn’t the main focus of the…

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