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Homicide in Hardcover: A Bibliophile Mystery Mass Market Paperback – February 3, 2009

by Kate Carlisle (Author)
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Book expert Brooklyn Wainwright discovers that murder is always a bestseller in the first novel in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series.

Brooklyn Wainwright is a skilled surgeon. Sure, her patients might smell like mold and have spines made of leather, but no ailing book is going to die on her watch. The same can’t be said of Abraham Karastovsky, Brooklyn’s friend and former employer. 
 
On the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration, Brooklyn finds her mentor lying in a pool of his own blood. With his final breath Abraham leaves Brooklyn with a cryptic message, “Remember the Devil,” and gives her a priceless—and supposedly cursed—copy of Goethe’s Faust for safe-keeping. 
 
Brooklyn suddenly finds herself accused of murder and theft, thanks to Derek Stone, the humorless—and annoyingly attractive—British security officer who found her kneeling over the body. Now she has to read the clues left behind by her mentor if she is going to restore justice...
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    Bibliophile Mystery
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4.5 Stars -- Reviewer's Choice nominee for Best First Mystery Novel "This first in a new series is going to launch Carlisle to a bestselling position and have readers looking forward to the next installment of delightfully eccentric characters, droll dialogue and a meticulously planned crime. Bibliophile heroine Brooklyn Wainwright is brilliant, feisty and funny."
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A native Californian, New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle worked in television for many years before turning to writing. A lifelong fascination with the art and craft of bookbinding led her to write the Bibliophile Mysteries featuring Brooklyn Wainwright, whose bookbinding and restoration skills invariably uncover old secrets, treachery, and murder. She is also the author of the Fixer-Upper Mysteries featuring small-town girl Shannon Hammer, a building contractor specializing in home restoration. The Fixer-Upper Mysteries are being brought to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in a series starring Jewel and Colin Ferguson.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0451226151
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley; Reissue edition (February 3, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 289 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780451226150
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451226150
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.1 x 0.8 x 6.7 inches
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New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle is a native Californian who worked in television production for many years before turning to writing. It was a lifelong fascination with the art and craft of bookbinding that led her to write the Bibliophile Mysteries, featuring Brooklyn Wainwright, whose bookbinding and restoration skills invariably uncover old secrets, treachery and murder. Her first book, Homicide in Hardcover, debuted in February 2010, followed by If Books Could Kill, The Lies That Bind, Murder Under Cover, One Book in the Grave.

With the publication of A High-End Finish in November 2014, Kate launched the Fixer-Upper Mysteries featuring building contractor Shannon Hammer, who specializes in Victorian home renovation and repair. The series is set in Lighthouse Cove, a seemingly idyllic town with many dark secrets hiding under its floorboards. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel is bringing the Fixer-Upper Mysteries to TV in a series of movies starring Jewel and Colin Ferguson. The first movie premiered in January 2017, the second less than three months later, with plans to film several more.

Kate's television credits include numerous game shows, music videos, concerts, and variety shows, including The Midnight Special, Solid Gold and The Gong Show. She traveled the world as a Dating Game chaperone and performed strange acts of silliness on The Gong Show, most notably as a member of the girl group, The Whispers. They didn't sing, exactly, but spit water on the host of the show.

Kate also studied acting and singing, toiled in vineyards, collected books, joined a commune, sold fried chicken, modeled spring fashions and worked for a cruise ship line, but it was the year she spent in law school that finally drove her to begin writing fiction. It seemed the safest way to kill off her professors. Those professors are breathing easier now that Kate spends most of her time writing near the beach in Southern California where she lives with her perfect hero husband.

Kate is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and Romance Writers of America. She is the proud recipient of the Golden Heart and Daphne du Maurier awards, and her first Bibliophile Mystery received a Best First Mystery nomination from RT Book Reviews. Kate loves to travel and read and drink good wine and watch other people cook.

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Homicide in Hardcover (Bibliophile Mystery, #1)… Homicide in Hardcover is a fun cozy mystery for the book lovers out there! Enjoy the mystery while learning about restoring historical books. Win Win :)
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Joan
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2023
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Any book by Kate Carlisle is a great read. This novel is exquisitely crafted, cleverly plotted, has fascinating characters, and a wonderfully detailed contemporary setting. I recommend this book to anyone who loves a great cozy mystery.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great start to a new series - More Evanovich than George
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2023
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I just discovered this series and will be reading more. It's not hard-core mystery but is amusing and fun. The fact that the main character restores old books sets it apart from others of its kind. Well, that and the San Fransisco setting and California Commune upbringing.
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Molly
5.0 out of 5 stars fun cozy
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2011
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Brooklyn Wainwright is a rare books expert and restorer. She is excited to be going to a rare book exhibit to see her estranged mentor, Abraham Karastovsky. When she sees him he tells her he has missed her and has exciting news to share later. But when Brooklyn goes to find him, he has been shot. His last words are "remember the devil" as he gives her the copy of Goethe's Faust that he has been restoring, a copy that comes with a curse. Brooklyn is discovered by Derek Stone, who is in charge of security for this exhibit, and she is now the prime suspect in a murder.

my review: This book came up as an Amazon recommend after I purchased a few cozy mysteries. But this is not exactly a cozy mystery. It reminded me of Kyra Davis's Sophie Katz books. Which I love! It is more a chick-lit mystery: very fun and filled with a variety of interesting characters. Brooklyn is determined to solve the murder on her own despite warnings from her best friend Robin and the sexy Derek. One of her suspects is her arch-enemy; crazy Minka, who once stabbed her in the hand in college. Enrico is another book restorer that had been fired by Abraham and he is also suspect. There is also, Ian, her former fiance who works at the Covington Library, the Winslows, who own the Faust, and... possibly her mother.

Plus, Brooklyn has to solve the mystery of the curse, especially has she has been hired to complete the book's restoration.
With all these suspects and some plot twists, I did not figure out the murderer before it was revealed, which made me very happy. I love a mystery about books and I am glad that this is a series. Because Brooklyn's hippie, commune-living parents alone could not be contained in one book, not to mention a possible romance, and an endless amount of rare books.
In fact, I already started the second book, If Books Could Kill. I do wish the book had been a little longer but it was a really good read. I hope she writes many more of these bibliophile mysteries! I read this on my Kindle though and the ebook formatting was terrible. Publishers don't care much about these fun, mass-market books.

rating 4.5/5
reread yes
recommend definitely
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Jo
5.0 out of 5 stars Humor and Homicide and Hunks!
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2009
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I have been on a "cozy kick" for a while and I loved this book. It has all the makings of a great series. There is a touch of Evanovich's Stephanie Plum in the main character, Brooklyn Wainwright, but more to do with her eccentric family and friends rather than her personality and appearance. Brooklyn is intelligent, professional, and competent in her amateur sleuthing, but she seems to be a trouble magnet (like Stephanie). She is highly respected in her chosen profession of book restoration.

The book restoring content is interesting and informative. I became interested in the subject after reading Geraldine Brook's People of the Book. I also highly recommend that book, by the way.

There is well done humor and witty banter between the characters and that separates this book from the other cozy mysteries I have recently read. It makes you laugh out loud. The characters are nicely developed with room to grow as the series moves on. There is a love interest present, PG rated physical contact, and a dose of sexual tension, again told with humor. There is also a future possibility of a Stephanie Plum-type Ranger vs. Morelli competition!

The author may have borrowed some themes or character traits that have worked in other books and in other series but it comes off fresh and creative and the combination definitely works here. A fabulous debut and I can't wait for the next installment.
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H. Malave
3.0 out of 5 stars A Murder Mystery Without Much Investigations
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2019
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I loved all the quirky and interesting characters. While there was a mystery and two murders in the story the mystery seemed to take a backseat to the characters life. Throughout the story Brooklyn (main character) is told to stop investigating, but there’s very little if any real investigating going on. There’s wasn’t a a real trail of clues leading to the end - to that “ah-ha” moment. As a Cozy Murder Mystery it fell a bit flat, but I’m giving it 3 stars because I did love the characters and will likely give the next book in the series a try because A) I’m interested in the characters development and B) this was the first book in a series and it’s not unusual for the first book to be shaky and the improve greatly in the following books. If you’re looking for fun, quirky characters and a decent story with a mystery subplot then this books for you. If you’re looking for a quirky character or group of characters gathering intel and clues to solve the mystery then this book may be a disappointment for you.
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Alison Rodwell
5.0 out of 5 stars A jewel of a book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2023
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I bought this book on the strength of the delicious-looking cover (bizarre, because I use an e-reader!) and the title( who doesn't love a who dunnit?) It was a delight to follow the main character with her less-than-mainstream family through this pacey adventure. The "baddie" was well-disguised until the denouement. Totally a bonus is being in the world of a person who revere's and restores books, getting a little peek inside of that trade thanks to Kate's research. I am going straight for the next book now!
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Dallass
3.0 out of 5 stars Better on second read.
Reviewed in Australia on March 26, 2024
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It’s been years since I picked up the first book in this series, and honestly, if I hadn’t picked up a random book further along in the series and enjoyed it, I might have missed out on a good series.

Brooklyn is a gal after my own bookish heart, however she’s having a bit of a shit week. First she stumbles across the body of her mentor, and then she seems to find herself at the mercy of a handsome investigator who seems to think she’s guilty, all while her nemesis spreads rumours and generally does her best to make Brooklyn’s life miserable. You’d think that this would be a book I would heartily devour and love - and you’d be wrong! Well, at least about my first read of this book. Originally I detested Derek, and found Brooklyn a little mousy in her manner for my liking. However, fast forward to Covid, and having to read books from my library on Libby, and I stumbled across a book that sounded interesting. I had completely forgotten about not liking the first book, so I read it, loved it, and promptly started reading other books in the series. You can imagine my shock when I eventually discovered that I’d rather disliked the first book. So I decided to give it another go, considering that I really liked where the series ended up. So that is how I ended up rereading, and enjoying, Homicide in Hardcover. If you find that you didn’t like this, please just read the next two books because that’s where it all started to come together for me, and the series gets better with each book.

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Lisa_Rose
5.0 out of 5 stars Tolle Protagonistin, tolles Setting
Reviewed in Germany on May 16, 2017
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Dieses Buch ist ein wenig anders als meine bisher gelesenen Cozy Mysteries, oder eher gesagt, die Protagonistin Brooklyn ist es. Sie ist frecher als die meisten Protagonistinnen und etwas rauer im Ton, wen man das so sagen kann. Ich mochte sie super gerne. Ihre Familie ist etwas verrückt, die Umstände dementsprechend auch, aber es war super lustig. Sie ist eine Restauratorin und möbelt ale Bücher wieder auf. Als sie eine unglaublich wertvolle Ausgabe von Faust aus den Händen ihres sterbenden Lehrers entgegen nimmt, muss sie plötzlich auch um ihr Leben fürchten. Auch ein Unterschied zu den anderen Büchern - die Liebesgeschichte ist hier etwas aufregender als in den anderen Büchern. Zwar passiert nicht viel, aber die Funken, die zwischen den betreffenden Personen fliegen, sind doch sehr eindeutig. Ich war von allen Aspekten des Buches bestens unterhalten und freue mich schon so sehr auf die weiteren Bände. Bisher erschienen sind 11 Stück. (Was hier im Übrigen auch vom "Standard" abweicht: Hier spielt keine Katze eine größere Rolle. Zwar ist - wie bei den anderen - auch eine Katze auf dem Cover, im Inhalt aber kommen sie nur auf 2 Seiten vor. Bei den anderen Büchern ist dafür das Cover Programm und die Katze/Kater spielte eine nicht unwichtige Rolle.)
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Suzanne Lazinsky
4.0 out of 5 stars fun read
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2023
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bitsandbobs
4.0 out of 5 stars Vielversprechender Start
Reviewed in Germany on April 6, 2012
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Witzig und spannend präsentiert sich Homicide in Hardcover und eröffnet damit eine neue Krimireihe in der Welt der alten Bücher und leidenschaftlichen Sammler. Die Buchrestaurateurin Brooklyn Wainwright versöhnt sich an einer Vernissage mit ihrem Mentor und einstigen Lehrer, nur um ihn kurz danach ermordet aufzufinden. Dass sie selbst dabei in Verdacht gerät, ist zwar voraussehbar, ebenso wie die knisternde Spannung zwischen der Heldin und dem smarten, geradezu verboten attraktiven Sicherheitsspezialisten. Auch ist vielleicht nicht alles ganz logisch. Aber die Geschichte macht überraschende Wendungen und ist insgesamt spannend, die Dialoge sind witzig, das Setting in Kalifornien mit einigen schönen, reichen und leicht verrückten Charakteren unterhaltsam. Ein vielversprechender Start!
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