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    Buried in Books: A Bibliophile Mystery

    Written by Kate Carlisle

    Narrated by Susie Berneis

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    Brooklyn has done everything she can to prepare for her nuptials with Derek and simply can't wait to start her new life with him. But things don't go as planned when Brooklyn's college frenemies, Heather and Sara, surprise her with a last-minute bridal shower. However, Brooklyn is touched when the women gift her rare copies of The Three Musketeers and The Red Fairy Book.

    When one frenemy is found murdered and one of the rare books is deemed a forgery, Brooklyn can't help but wonder if the victim played a part in this fraud or if a murderer is still out there scamming and killing. Wedding jitters, counterfeit books, and a killer on the loose could ruin Brooklyn and Derek's big day. Can they make it down the aisle before more bodies start stacking up?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateJun 26, 2018
    ISBN9781974900732
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    Buried in Books: 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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    • 3/5
      A pleasant addition to the series. Although the development of the story was well done, I did feel that the conclusion was a tad underwhelming. But I'll keep coming back for the further adventures of Brooklyn Wainwright.
    • 4/5
      Her wedding is just a few days away, but our heroine book restorer Brooklyn Wainwright is cool as a cucumber. She’s pleased that her two college friends, Heather and Sara, are both in town for the event, even though the two of them aren’t speaking after a years-ago spat over a man, who is now married to Sara. It’s a muddled mess. Then one of the friends is murdered and Brooklyn and her intended, Derek Stone, go into high gear to solve the murder before their wedding. To solve the murder, they need to solve the mystery surrounding a collectible copy of The Three Musketeers worth tens of thousands of dollars. This is a series I enjoy, although one element gets in the way of its being a perfect read. Derek is painted as the Perfect Man … in every chapter there seems to be one more thing that makes him Fiancé -Hall-of-Fame material. It gets pretty nauseating at times IMHO and I wish there were just one thing to make him seem more human. Maybe he leaves the toilet seat up or farts in bed. Something!Other than that, Buried in Books has something for every reader of cozy mysteries: great plotting, rich characters, book lore, a sense of humor.
    • 2/5
      This book reminded me why I don't care for most cozy mysteries. First, it was wall-to-wall Mary Sues and Marty Stus, and there is no reason whatsoever for this to be the case. Secondly, the mystery was very slight. But, the thing that would have made me give up on the book entirely if I hadn't been driving and unable to muck about with my phone was the wedding stuff. The action started off at a librarians' conference, but about three-quarters of the way through, it's the heroine's wedding day and the author went on and on and on about every tiny detail of the wedding. It ground the action to a complete halt just as things were approaching their climax. Why not just stick to the conference and save the wedding for the next book? It was too much crammed into too few "pages" for no reason and it felt like the actual mystery bits could have used some of those pages to be developed a bit more.

      Fans of cozy mysteries probably won't have the issues with it that I did and devotees of the series will probably be interested in all the wedding stuff. I was just very much not the audience for this book.
    • 5/5
      Brooklyn gets her man and got her man; another great installment in this series!
    • 4/5
      Buried in Books by Kate Carlisle is the twelfth A Bibliophile Mystery. Brooklyn Wainwright is marrying Derek Stone in just a few days. With the wedding plans completed, Brooklyn is off to attend the annual National Librarians Association conference. She is surprised when she runs into Heather Babcock. Brooklyn, Heather and Sara Martin were roommates and best friends in graduate school until Roderick came along. Brooklyn has not heard from Heather or Sara in twelve years. The next day after Brooklyn’s Book Lovers Tour of San Francisco, Brooklyn is surprised with a bridal shower. She is shocked when she discovers her mother invited Heather and Sara (oh dear). Heather gives Brooklyn a first edition of The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang. Not to be one upped, Sara unexpectedly presents Brooklyn with a beautiful (and valuable) first edition of The Three Musketeers. Later Sara turns up dead which causes Brooklyn to take a closer look at her gift from Sara. When she discovers it is a forgery, Brooklyn wonders if Sara knew about it or was she innocent victim. With her wedding quickly approaching, Brooklyn finds herself once again embroiled in a mystery. Can Brooklyn wrap up the case before she dons her wedding gown or will she end up being fitted for a coffin? Buried in Books is a well-written and engaging book. The authors conversational writing style combined with the steady pacing makes Buried in Books easy to read. I started reading Buried in Books and did not put it down until I finished. There are many delightful humorous moments in Buried in Books. Brooklyn and Derek’s mothers are quite a pair. They are two peas in a pod and their families had better be prepared for more of their antics in the future. I love reading about the beautiful books Brooklyn encounters (the authors descriptions allowed me to visualize the wondrous tomes. It is also interesting to learn more about bookbinding (which makes A Bibliophile Mystery series unique) and creating one-of-a-kind handmade books. There are beautiful descriptions of San Francisco and various book lover attractions. I enjoyed how the victim was killed. It is unique and fits with the book. The murder does not occur until page 110. The author took the time to set the stage (give us background) for the crime. I was disappointed that the mystery was uncomplicated and easily solved. Brooklyn is a great character. She is intelligent, spunky and has a nose for murder. Brooklyn has grown over the course of the series, and I think that Derek is the perfect partner for her. He supports Brooklyn in her investigations and assists her while keeping her safe. There are many wonderful cozy moments in the book. We get to see the Wainwright and Stone families mingle, the wedding, lots of food, Brooklyn spending time with her friends, the sights of San Francisco, descriptions of old books, the convention, the rehearsal dinner, and special moments between Derek and Brooklyn. There are recipes for a couple of the dishes served at Derek and Brooklyn’s wedding at the end of the book. My rating for Buried in Books is 4 out of 5 stars. Fans of A Bibliophile Mystery series (and cozy mysteries) will be thoroughly delighted with Buried in Books.
    • 4/5
      As one of Kate’s Raters, I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.This is the third one I’ve read in Carlisle’s cozy Bibliophile Mystery series. I really enjoy the plots and characters(some new and some recurring favorites). In this installment, book restorer Brooklyn is juggling the annual librarians’ convention and her wedding to long-time love, security expert, Derek Stone. Adding to the chaos is the reunion of Heather and Sara, two of her best friends and roommates from grad school. There had been a falling-out between them over -- no surprise here -- a man. And, not just any man, Rod, Heather’s boyfriend. Sara had stolen him from her. As can be expected, Heather and Sara’s first meeting years after the betrayal was hardly warm and fuzzy. It was Sara’s wedding gift to Brooklyn that set things in motion. The gift that Brooklyn suspected as one upmanship, was also a catalyst to murder. Yet again, Brooklyn would justify her moniker as a “murder magnet.”I enjoyed this latest book in the series. As always, it had an engrossing storyline, humor, quirky characters(it’s always fun to revisit Brooklyn and Derek’s large clans, especially their moms), book talk, yummy food, and a satisfying, conclusive end. But, this time, there was the added bonus of Brooklyn and Derek’s wedding, with the basics planned meticulously down to the last detail. But, a wedding wouldn't be a wedding without some unforeseen incident and Brooklyn’s is no exception.
    • 3/5
      This book seemed to be more romance than mystery, but since Brooklyn is marrying Derek, I guess that is excusable. Brooklyn meets up unexpectedly with her two old college roommates at a library convention. Unfortunately, those two roommates parted as enemies twelve years ago when one stole the boyfriend away from the other one. It’s a bit of a far-fetched tale. Brooklyn is working at the conference the week before her wedding, and yet she becomes involved in solving the forgery and theft of a book as well as a murder, all while waiting to be wed. Though the writing is good, there is too little mystery and too much romance. This is the first book I have read in the series, and perhaps if I knew the back-stories of the characters, it would have been more enjoyable.
    • 5/5
      What a fun, slightly more chaotic than normal wedding week for two of my favorite characters. Only Brooklyn would manage to double book her wedding weekend with a National Librarian Association conference that is being hosted in San Francisco. Not only is she giving a lecture and demonstration, but she provides a raffle prize--a tour of bookish stops around town. The conference yields a reunion between her and three friends from college, who had a falling out all those years ago. When one of them seems to 'one up' the other by giving Brooklyn a very rare book, it isn't until later that she discovers an altered page. Was her friend Sara aware of it? Did Rod dupe her? Has Heather forgiven any of them? A lot happens before Brooklyn literally find a body buried in books in the basement of the conference center. The cast of characters grows in this story, all of Derek's family is on hand, living it up in Dharma the week before the wedding. In fact, some are so enamored of the area, they may move there. I continue to like how Brooklyn's mom inserts herself into her grown up daughter's life and her new found bestie (and Brooklyn's mother-in-law to be) Meg is a great foil for her. Carlisle continues to create such original stories for Brooklyn, this series is a real treat to read. Even characters with small roles, recurring or not, like Inspector Lee or the tour bus driver, get the same attention to detail that the main characters receive.
    • 5/5
      Brooklyn Wainwright is convinced she has everything ready for her wedding to Derek Stone in less than a week. After all, she needs to attend a librarians' conference and is even giving a mini-class on bookbinding, along with a tour of San Francisco's book-related attractions, so it's a good thing that her parents are entertaining Derek's family, who have flown in from England for the big day.What she doesn't count on, however, is the fact that her mother and future mother-in-law Meg have a surprise bridal shower for her and invited her college roommates, Heather and Sara. The problem is that Sara stole Heather's boyfriend and ran off with him, and neither woman has been in contact with her since. In fact, Brooklyn, after failed attempts at contacting them both, finally gave up and now she's dreading the scene that's going to unfold. After the initial shock by both women, Brooklyn's glad to see that they have, at least for the shower, managed to put their dislike of each other aside. And when they both give her treasured first edition books, she's doubly pleased. But when she decides to have some of her friends over to her apartment for a pizza party, she texts them, but they only state they'll try. The next day she's still unable to find Sara, and when Derek goes with her to the last place she was known to be - the conference center - they find Sara buried under a pile of books and decidedly dead.But who did the deed? Brooklyn's afraid that Heather might be the culprit, but she hopes there's another answer. And that answer might just have been there watching her all along...In this latest installment in the Bibliophile Mysteries, Ms. Carlisle does not disappoint. She gives us a tale of betrayal, revenge, and greed, and does it all admirably. We follow Brooklyn as she stays (mostly) calm about her upcoming wedding while trying to discover who killed her friend. She has her suspicions who murdered her, but proving it is another matter.Then there's the problem with the books - one of which she discovers is a forgery, and she's sure it has something to do with Sara's demise. There is plenty of action within this tale, and a little bit of intrigue, too. There is also some humor, mostly centered around Brooklyn's Mom and Meg, who seem to think life is just a game to be enjoyed (while I loved their characters, I'm not really thrilled that Brooklyn's mom is enthralled with her daughter finding bodies; so much so that she points it out to anyone who will listen. Most mothers wouldn't want that kind of notoriety for their children).However, that notwithstanding, this book was definitely in the plus category and I loved the characters. They are honest-to-goodness believable, and would definitely be stimulating company. As they say, never a dull moment in this family. In the end, when the killer is discovered it doesn't come as much of a surprise; but it is very pleasing indeed to see everything that surrounds it - the action and reaction of those involved are not only expected, but delightful to experience. I truly enjoyed this book and the fact that this series has managed to maintain its integrity as far as series go. I loved it and look forward to the next in the series. Highly recommended.
    • 1/5
      DNF @ 92 pages. I was really enjoying this book. It's the twelfth in the series and I didn't even miss a beat being pulled into the main character's life. But at page 92 out of 288 the murder still hasn't happened. That's my cozy mystery peeve. I need my murder fast or I completely lose interest. I do have the first book in the series and this experience will not stop me from reading it as I really enjoyed the writing, the characterizations and the bookbinding subject matter. I would like to thank First To Reads for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for this honest opinion.
    • 4/5
      Buried in Books is the 12th Bibliophile Mystery and the series continues to be delightful. Brooklynn and Derek are soon to be married and her mother has invited two of her best friends (Sara and Heather) from college to her wedding shower. Unfortunately, Sara had stolen Heather’s boyfriend and the two had been enemies ever since. At the shower, they both gift Brooklynn with a special book, but there’s something unusual about Sara’s gift. I love this series, with Brooklynn’s quirky family and now Derek’s mother fits right in! This is a stand-alone novel, but treat yourself by reading the entire series!
    • 3/5
      I used to love this series, but at this point it's more a nostalgic fondness. I love reading about books, book binding, and book restoration, and the characters are all just ... awesome. Quirky, kind, strong, and the friendships and family dynamics are amazing. There was a stupid nemesis character for awhile at the beginning, but Carlisle dumped her, an action with did nothing but improve the story lines. Alas, this book centered around Brooklyn and Derek's wedding, and I don't like weddings much. On top of this, while there is a book at the center of the mystery, there's only one scene about bookbinding/conservation and it was brief and had little to do with the plot. Speaking of plot it was ... scattered. Even with an epilogue that tied things up it never felt like the criminal solution ever came together. Everything is answered, but there wasn't a sense of satisfaction about it. Carlisle does get a bonus point for incorporating every bibliophile's secret fear: death by book avalanche. Buried in Books struck me as more about Brooklyn and Derek's romance than about plotting out a great murder mystery. This is a letdown, but the characters go a long way towards staving off complete disappointment. Hopefully if there's a next book, it'll be more focused on the dead bodies and books.
    • 4/5
      Funniest wedding ever, I was laughing so hard when Thuggy and Leon attacked the women as they helped London get dressed for the wedding. Only to be topped by the scene following when Rod held a knife to London's throat, and nobody freaked out they knew London would figure her way out of danger while solving the murder case.
    • 4/5
      Brooklyn and Derek are finally tying the knot ut because she has planned everything so well and all the details are taken care of, Derek convinces Brooklyn that it's fine for the week before the wedding if she participates in a library conference and shows off her skills as a book restorer/bookbinder. At the conference, Brooklyn runs into her two roommates from graduate school that she has not seen in years. There had been a major argument between Heather and Sara over a man (who had been Heather's boyfriend but ended up with Sara) and in the fallout, Brooklyn lost both friends. When Sara is found literally buried under crates of books in the storage area, Brooklyn is worried that Heather may have been involved because of the continued animosity between the two. Or could it have been related to the rare book that Sara had given Brooklyn as a gift? I loved this mystery, bringing some of Brooklyn's past history to light as well as being woven together with wedding plans/wedding. My heart was pounding at the end. The characters were so fun. I got this book from an audio book site , CHIRP - the audio version was very well done.