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Bibliophile mysteries

Author:
Carlisle, Kate, 1951
 
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Series Volume:
1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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On the eve of the celebration for Abraham's latest book restoration, Brooklyn finds her book restoration mentor in a pool of his own blood. With his final breath, leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, 'Remember the devil.'
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Series Volume:
2.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"A haunted city, a forbidden masterpiece, and a deadly threat are all in a day's work in the life of this brilliant bookbinder."--Page 4 of cover
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Series Volume:
3.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright returns home to San Francisco to teach a bookbinding class. Unfortunately, the program director Layla Fontaine is a horrendous host who pitches fits and lords over her subordinates. But when Layla is found shot dead, Brooklyn is bound and determined to investigate--even as the killer tries to close the book on her for good.
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Series Volume:
4.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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When she receives an exquisite copy of the Kama Sutra from her best friend, Robin, to appraise and restore, Brooklyn Wainwright anticipates both recreating a beautiful book and spicing up her love life. But then Robin's apartment is ransacked, and the great guy she recently met is murdered in her bed. Now Robin is the #1 suspect.
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Series Volume:
5.
Average Rating:
4 stars
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"...[Brooklyn Wainwright] decides to find out who sold [a rare first edition of Beauty and the beast] so she can return it to its rightful owner...She believes a rare book dealer can assist her, but when she arrives at his shop, she finds him murdered...With the help of her handsome boyfriend, Derek Stone, Brooklyn must unravel the murder plot--before she ends up in a plot herself..."--P. [4] of cover.
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Series Volume:
6.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be invited to the 50th birthday party of her neighbor Suzie's aunt Grace, who has an extensive collection of rare paperback pulp fiction. Part of the fun involves a seance--but after the lights flicker, one guest is dead.
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Series Volume:
7.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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In San Francisco, bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright investigates when her sister Savannah's ex-boyfriend is found dead after receiving an antique cookbook with weird symbols and unreadable notes written in the margins--and Savannah is the prime suspect.
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Series Volume:
8.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Brooklyn is thrilled to be appearing on the hit TV show This Old Attic as a rare-book expert. Her first subject is a very valuable first-edition copy. Its owner, Vera, is eager to have her recondition it for resale. A furious man viciously accosts Brooklyn, claiming that Vera found the first edition at his garage sale, and he wants it back. In the days that follow, many violent incidents occur on the set, and she is almost killed, leaving her and...
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Series Volume:
9.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"When book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parents' place in Northern California, she finds that wooden barrels aren't the only things buried in the wine caves of Sonoma... Excited to explore the secrets of wine country, Brooklyn attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under her parents' commune-and the findings are explosive. A room is unearthed, and it contains a treasure trove of artwork, rare books,...
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Series Volume:
10.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Ripped from the Pages ... San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright's latest project is for the birds, but it may have her running for her life. Brooklyn's friend Ian runs the Covington Library, which is hosting an exhibit featuring John James Audubon's massive masterpiece, Birds of America, currently on loan from an Arab sheik. During the gala celebrating the book, she is approached by...
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Series Volume:
11.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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"In another Bibliophile Mystery by the New York Times bestselling author of Books of a Feather, San Francisco bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright stumbles through the looking glass in a tale of murder, rare books, and a quest for the perfect pie"--
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Series Volume:
12.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"In the latest in this New York Times bestselling series, matrimony and murder collide as San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright walks down the aisle... Brooklyn has it all covered. She's triple-checked her wedding to-do list, and everything is on track for the upcoming ceremony with the love of her life, security expert Derek Stone. Not everyone has been as lucky in love as Brooklyn. Her old college roommates Heather and Sara...
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Series Volume:
13.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Newlyweds Brooklyn and Derek are enjoying the final days of their honeymoon in Paris. As they're browsing the book stalls along the Seine, Brooklyn finds the perfect gift for Derek, a first edition James Bond novel, The Spy Who Loved Me. When they bump into Ned, an old friend from Derek's spy days, Brooklyn shows him her latest treasure. Once they're back home in San Francisco, they visit a spy shop Ned mentioned. The owner begs them to let him display...
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Series Volume:
14.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright was hoping for a fun, relaxing weekend at a local book fair, but a murderer made other plans in the latest in this New York Times bestselling series. Brooklyn and her new hunky husband, Derek, are excited to be guests at Dharma's first annual Book Festival. The entire town is involved and Brooklyn's mom Rebecca is taking charge. In addition to all of her other event related duties, she's got...
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Series Volume:
15.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright is on the case when a rare edition of Rebecca leads to murder in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series. Brooklyn and her hunky husband, security expert Derek Stone, have just returned from a delightful trip to Dharma, where the construction of their new home away from home is well underway, when a little black book arrives in the mail. The book...
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Series Volume:
16.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright is back with an intriguing new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series. Joseph Cabot is a very popular wealthy San Franciscan who owns the main newspaper in town, as well as radio stations and TV. Years ago, Brooklyn's husband Derek and his security team rescued Joseph from an assassination attempt and now the man and his wife are friendly with Derek and Brooklyn....
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Series Volume:
17.
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"San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright and her hunky security-expert husband, Derek Stone, face a locked-room murder mystery during the holidays in Scotland. In the middle of a wonderful Christmas holiday in Dharma, Brooklyn and Derek receive a frantic phone call from their dear friend Claire in Loch Ness, Scotland. The laird of the castle, Cameron MacKinnon, has just proposed to her! They plan to be married on New Year's Day,...