If Books Could Kill: A Bibliophile Mystery
by Kate Carlisle
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Author: Kate CarlisleEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-02-02
ISBN: 045122891X
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Signet
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Book Review: ENJOYABLE. MET MY PARTICULAR READING NEEDS AT THIS TIME.
Summary: 5 Stars
When I am in a stressful situation, I normally reach for one of the many cozy mysteries on our shelves and at our local library. These are fast reads; fun reads, and for me, rather therapeutic. This work by author Kate Carlisle, `If Books Could Kill,' filled my needs perfectly. And there was an added bonus in the fact that this particular series revolves around book; things which I dearly love! There is even an additional bonus for me personally in that the setting is in a city I have never visited but is in my top ten to do so before I shuffle off....one of the cities in my "bucket list."
Reviews on mysteries are difficult to write as even the slightest and most innocent slip in describing the plot can lead to a spoiler. I will try to be brief and careful.
Our heroine, Brooklyn Wainwright has found herself in Edinburgh attending a book convention. Brooklyn is an expert in the art of bookbinding, book restoration, and we know from reading the first novel in this series, quite good at solving murder.
Almost immediately Brooklyn meets old friends and colleagues, one being an old lover; a rather charming young man who has broken her heart sometime in the past. He is in possession of a very rare book; a book of poems by Scottish Poet Robert Burns. It is a signed copy and has poems in it that are until the finding of this book unknown. Without revealing too much, we find that our old poet friend Bobby just may have had an affair with a member of the Royal Family in his day which would led to some dire consequences if the truth were know. Brooklyn's old friend asks her to verify and confirm that the book is indeed legitimate.
Of course we must have our murder and we soon find that Brooklyn's old lover and the owner of the rare book quite dead. As one of Brooklyn's tools is found to be the murder weapon and as she was the last person to see her old boy friend alive, she of course is the number one suspect. She must clear herself.
I liked this book. There was plenty of talk of old books, the art of book binding, plenty of verbal landscaping of Edinburgh and a plethora of likely suspects. For me, after the initial set up, the book moved quite well and held my interest quite well. There were plenty of neatly done twists and turns.
There was of course romance (no graphic scenes), and the dialog of believable. Like a couple of the other reviewers here, I found a couple of the side characters very annoying; but perhaps the author meant them to be! They did not distract me from enjoying the book though.
This is the second book in this series and while it is always nice to read them in sequence, it is absolutely not necessary to do so to enjoy this read.
This is a well written, well crafted and enjoyable cozy mystery. I will be following this author closely.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
Summary of If Books Could Kill: A Bibliophile Mystery
Murder is easy-on paper.
Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright is attending the world- renowned Book Fair when her ex Kyle shows up with a bombshell. He has an original copy of a scandalous text that could change history-and humiliate the beloved British monarchy.
When Kyle turns up dead, the police are convinced Brooklyn's the culprit. But with an entire convention of suspects, Brooklyn's conducting her own investigation to find out if the motive for murder was a 200-year-old secret-or something much more personal.
Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright is attending the world- renowned Book Fair when her ex Kyle shows up with a bombshell. He has an original copy of a scandalous text that could change history-and humiliate the beloved British monarchy.
When Kyle turns up dead, the police are convinced Brooklyn's the culprit. But with an entire convention of suspects, Brooklyn's conducting her own investigation to find out if the motive for murder was a 200-year-old secret-or something much more personal.
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