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    Books of a Feather: A Bibliophile Mystery

    Written by Kate Carlisle

    Narrated by Susie Berneis

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    The Covington Library is hosting an exhibit featuring John James Audubon’s Birds of America. During the gala celebrating the book, Brooklyn is approached by Jared Mulrooney, the president of the National Birdwatcher’s Society, who urgently needs Brooklyn’s skilled hands to repair a less high-profile book of Audubon drawings that’s fallen victim to spilled wine.

    But everything runs afoul when Mulrooney is later discovered dead. Rumors fly about a motive for murder. Perhaps Mulrooney wanted to sink his claws into the pricey Audubon book, but Brooklyn believes the man died fighting off a daring thief. Soon danger circles Brooklyn’s every move, and it’s clear she must find answers before things really go south.

    ©2016 Kate Carlisle (P)2016 Dreamscape Media, LLC

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJun 21, 2016
    ISBN9781520015552
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    Books of a Feather: A Bibliophile Mystery
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    Kate Carlisle

    Kate Carlisle writes for Harlequin Desire and is also the New York Times bestselling author of the Bibliophile Mystery series for NAL. Kate spent twenty years in television production before enrolling in law school, where she turned to writing fiction as a lawful way to kill off her professors. She eventually left law school, but the urge to write has never left her. Kate and her husband live near the beach in Southern California where she was born and raised.

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    • 4/5
      I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.Brooklyn Wainwright is back in San Francisco after having her apartment renovated. She's eager to get back to work in her own workspace, especially since she has a rare copy of Poor Richard's Almanac to work on. Brooklyn's also introduced to a childhood friend of her fiance Derek Stone. Back at home with old friends, a new friend, and a new living space, what could possibly go wrong is the question raised and answered in the newest addition to the Bibliophile Mystery series by Kate Carlisle, Books of a Feather.Brooklyn is back in San Francisco and quite happy with the newly renovated apartment. She's also back to helping out her friend at Taylor's Books, namely doing inventory and refurbishing and appraising rare books, including a copy of Poor Richard's Almanac. Brooklyn is a tad paranoid that this particular book might be a target for a rare book thief, so she's extra cautious when removing it from the store and storing it in a safe at her home. She also has the opportunity to meet an old friend of Derek's, a classmate nicknamed Crane. She learns a bit about Derek's school adventures and more about Crane and his somewhat estranged younger brother Bai. She also learns of a tenuous connection one of Crane's forefathers, a renowned Chinese artist, had with Audubon and, as a result of this connection, she invites Crane to the Covington Library's exhibit for Audubon's Birds of America. It is at this event that Brooklyn encounters her first dead body, only minutes after receiving a rare book attributed to Audubon to refurbish. This is later followed by an attempted burglary and a murder at Brooklyn and Derek's apartment and intrigue at Taylor's Books. Is it possible these events are all tied together or is something more sinister going on?Books of a Feather is the tenth installment in the Bibliophile Mystery series. I found it to be a fast-paced and engaging read from the first page to the very last. Ms. Carlisle provides plenty of intrigue, mayhem, and murder to keep not only the characters of the books alert but the reader as well. One of my favorite scenes occurs when Brooklyn's parents, Jim and Becky, come to visit and attend a Deadhead (Grateful Dead followers) reunion. They come back home after the reunion with someone they presume is an old friend down on his luck and he's murdered the very next day. It is only after the murder occurs that they realize he isn't their old friend Goose after all...they brought a total stranger into their daughter's home. As a result of this mistake in judgment, Becky decides she must use her Wiccan skills to "dispel" the negative energy and then protect the home. There's a lot going on in this story and if I told you everything you wouldn't need to read it, so I'll just say if you're a fan of this series then you'll definitely want to read this book. If you haven't read this series but are a fan of cozy style mysteries, then you'll want to add this series to your TBR list immediately. (Might I suggest binge reading this series over the next holiday weekend or while you're on vacation.) I thoroughly enjoyed Books of a Feather and I'm looking forward to reading the next installment in this series just to see what happens with Brooklyn, Derek, and friends next.
    • 4/5
      Brooklyn and Derek have returned San Francisco and their newly renovated apartment. Brooklyn's reputation as a book binder and appraiser continues to grow, as do the ways in which she becomes embroiled in police investigations. In addition to the type of old book repair she works on, she is also called on to testify about the appraisal of a rare book under review during a divorce trial. The Covington Library is unveiling a crown jewel, a huge book of Audobon drawings, with an accompanying party. The Audobon history brings an interesting angle to another part of the book when Derek's old friend Crane arrives in town, with a story about an ancestor who did coloring for Audobon. A member of the local chapter of the National Birdwatchers Society, Jared Mulrooney, has a small, damaged volume of bird drawings to give to Brooklyn for repair. Later in the evening, the party ends abruptly when that same man is found dead. Brooklyn's a strong character, and her investigating leads to a very satisfying conclusion. The series as a whole is based on such good characters that no matter the mystery, I still want to dip into these lives and learn more about them all.
    • 4/5
      Well Brooklyn is getting to be less helpless and learning to defend herself. She needs it since she gets to rescue Derek this time.
    • 4/5
      Carlisle seems to be getting back into her groove with this entry into the Bibliophile Mystery series. Books of a Feather is a better story than the previous volume. Books return to center as the source of the puzzle to be solved. The ending was a wee bit rushed, but not unsatisfying. Although the author has improved the romantic dialogue between the protagonist and her fiance, it must be said that if a male said what Brooklyn does when ogling the sexy males who endlessly enter her life, readers would be up in arms.
    • 4/5
      I began reading Kate Carlisle's Bibliophile mysteries when the series first began but stopped because I soon became consumed by an irrational loathing of one of the secondary characters. After being told that this character is no longer around, it didn't take any persuasion at all for me to begin reading once more. I did find the mystery in Books of a Feather to be rather easy to solve, but that didn't bother me one little bit. Like all the best series, the mystery is important but the cast of characters and the setting are key. A beginning that has Brooklyn cataloging the books in an old shop and finding treasure after treasure immediately put me firmly in book lover's heaven. With Brooklyn's personal and home security at risk, her friend Alex devises a series of self-defense exercises for her. I really liked this, since so many amateur sleuths in cozy series consistently put themselves (and others) at risk without doing a single thing about learning how to defend themselves. (I do appreciate common sense!) These self-defense exercises lead to my favorite line in the book, too-- "That's my mommy!"After a long hiatus from the series, I loved catching up with what's been happening in Brooklyn's life as well as learning little tidbits. Did you know that the people living in San Francisco have given the omnipresent fog a name? Neither did I. But the absolute best thing about coming back to Carlisle's Bibliophile series is being able to watch Brooklyn work on old books. Watching her restore old treasures is sheer bliss and makes me feel that-- at that moment-- all is right in my world.Now that I'm back in the fold, I'm looking forward to Brooklyn's next adventure. Bring it on!
    • 4/5
      In this book, Brooklyn and Derek are back in San Francisco in their newly remodeled home. And they really have a lot going on. Too much? Maybe. Anyway Brooklyn has been helping a bookseller friend go through the store to find rare books and get them repaired, she is also testifying in a divorce trial as a book expert, and entertaining a friend of Dereks from China. So as it ends up, she has rare books from a couple of different sources in her house. When a friend of her mother and father ends up dead in her apartment (long story) Brooklyn just knows that one of the books is the cause. But which one?I love this series but as I said there is a lot going on. And there were some things that were not resolved to my satisfaction. Maybe they will be in a future book. The details on bookbinding were fascinating as usual. The mystery was fine. There were just a lot of things going on that really had nothing to do with the main mystery. And of course that is they way real life is, but I don't think it added anything to the story. And there was a lot of repeating of information. (I know that your best friend is married to your brother, thank you.) It all seemed slighty off to me. But I still enjoyed my visit with Brooklyn and will read the next one in the series. Maybe some of my questions will be answered.
    • 4/5
      One of the pitfalls of writing a series, I'd imagine, is trying to make each book in the series stand alone, while giving the new reader enough information to figure out the continuing character development. The Bibliophile series is typically one of my favourites; I could read about Brooklyn's book restorations all day, but Birds of a Feather struggled under the weight of 9 books worth of character development. Carlisle tried to stitch it in and avoided info dumping, but for someone who has been on board since book one, the feeling of repetition was unavoidable. Add to this what felt like an enormous amount of summarisation of clues and suspects - sometimes it seemed we were 'reviewing the case' every 10 pages or so - and this tenth book ended up not feeling as strong as previous efforts. But boy did I love the book stuff. The plot of this one centers around Audubon's Birds of America and the author had me running to the google for more information about double-elephants and auction prices and bindings. If you like birds and you ever have the chance to see a first folio edition of The Birds of America it sounds like it's well worth thee effort. The mystery was... pretty good. I never figured out who did it, but I wasn't surprised. I'm still huge fan and look forward to #11.
    • 5/5
      In the latest in the Bibliophile Mystery series, Brooklyn and Derek are back in San Francisco. Brooklyn has a stack of books to restore and is soon mixed up in several mysteries...stolen books, a nasty divorce fight over a book, and a murder. An exciting mystery, with great characters, this is a series that just keeps getting better!
    • 4/5
      Another great entry in a series I've loved since reading the first book. This time it's an art mystery at it's core. I just love Brooklyn, it was so good seeing her defend herself and kick the butt of the larcenous husband. I hate to see the heroine need to be saved in every book, and it was great that she and her parents are the people that wind up saving Derek this time.

      Only one more book released so far in this series, kinda bummed about that I hope the author is busy working on the next volume.
    • 4/5
      Brooklyn has volunteered to help catalog the bookstore that her friend inherited as well as locating rare books which she will then get to repair and get ready for sale. She has also been solicited in a divorce trial as a book expert, If that's not enough to keep her busy, Derek, her fiancé has a friend visiting from China. The valuable books that she has in her possession may cause a security issue because when a friend of her parents is found dead in their apartment, Brooklyn feels certain that one of the books is the reason. But how do you figure which book and the link to why?The characters intertwine so well adding their own special contribution to the mystery solving process. The setting is great and the book information is so well inserted into the story.
    • 4/5
      BOOKS OF A FEATHER by Kate CarlisleThis series (Bibliophile Mysteries) concerns a book binder/conservator who becomes involved with a murder very early on in each book. John James Audubon’s bird paintings figure prominently in this outing. You will learn a wee bit about painting and book conservation while solving an interesting mystery. Brooklyn, the main character, has a long-term romance that seems to get regularly stalled while she is sleuthing. The mysteries are well plotted and well written with an occasional humorous incident. The characters are well rounded and Carlisle knows and relates interesting information about book binding, collecting and reading along the way. Series readers will like following Carlisle’s mysteries and characters. These easy to follow mysteries won’t tax your brain but will provide hours of fun.4 of 5 stars
    • 4/5
      Books of a Feather by Kate Carlisle is the eleventh book in A Bibliophile Mystery series. Brooklyn Wainwright and her fiancé, Derek Stone have returned to their renovated home in San Francisco. Brooklyn is helping Genevieve Taylor with an inventory of Taylor’s Fine Books after the death of her father. Brooklyn is amazed at the wonderful old novels (fourteen first editions so far) she is finding stashed around the store (and she gets to work on some of them). The book has been the victim of robbery recently (someone is stealing the valuable books in her store). Brooklyn heads home with the new books to restore to find her fiancé, Derek is entertaining a guest. Crane is an old friend of Derek’s and is in town to talk to his black sheep brother, Bai. Brooklyn and Derek will be attending a special event at the Covington Library and Museum and then ask Crane to attend with them. The Covington is hosting an Audubon exhibit with Birds of America (a very big and beautiful book) on exhibit. Brooklyn is approached by Jared Mulrooney at the exhibit. Jared is the president of the Bay Area Birdwatchers Society. He wants Brooklyn to restore a book. Jared spilled wine all over a book owned by the birdwatcher’s society (it is normally kept in a glass case). Brooklyn then meets up with Genevieve who asks Brooklyn to look at a very special novel. It is wrapped and Genevieve asks her to wait until later to look at it (turns out to be a very valuable item). Brooklyn goes looking for her friend later in the evening and discovers Jared Mulrooney dead (Brooklyn seems to attract dead bodies). Who would want to kill Jared? Does it have anything to do with the book he gave her to fix? Brooklyn cannot help but investigate. As if Brooklyn does not have enough on her plate, her parents show up for a surprise visit (that’s what happens when you let people know you have guest rooms). As if that is not enough, they bring up a homeless man one night who they insist is an old friend (you just know this is going to take a bad turn). The two couples go out to brunch the next morning and return to find the man dead in the apartment (and in Derek’s new robe). Someone was trying to get into the safe where Brooklyn keeps the valuable books she is working on. Which book are the thieves after? They need to find the culprit before he returns. Read Books of a Feather for another high flying adventure with Brooklyn and Derek (and their new kitten, Charlie). Books of a Feather is a delight. It was nice to check in with Brooklyn Wainwright and Derek Stone (such great characters). I liked Books of a Feather, but I found it a little superficial. Some of the information was repeated in the book (they have not started planning the wedding yet, how handsome Derek is--many times, how they have renovated the apartment, etc.). Books of a Feather is nicely written (good flow) and easy to read. The mystery plays out during the course of the book. Not all the players are revealed until the end. You can take a guess at the person behind the murders (since there are not many suspects, it is easily figured out). I give Books of a Feather 4 out of 5 stars. I want to see more character development (depth). Books of a Feather can easily be read alone (but you will want to read the other novels in the series). The author makes it a point to tell the reader about Brooklyn and her prior adventures. I will be reading the next book in the Bibliophile Mystery series because I like the characters, and I want to see how their story plays out.I received a complimentary copy of Books of Feather in exchange for an honest evaluation of the novel.