Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But in this follow-up to book two, The Serpent of Venice, the island is in turmoil. When Pocket meddles with a royal wedding, he is sentenced to death and needs to get out of town. The fairy king Oberon does need a fool, but also a detective; his friend Robin Goodfellow has been murdered. Oberon makes Pocket an offer he can't refuse, but with too many suspects and too little time, Pocket must work his own kind of magic to find the truth, save his neck, and ensure that all ends well.