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Homicide in Hardcover

A Bibliophile Mystery

Kate Carlisle - Author

Paperback: Mass Market | $7.99 | add to cart | view cart
ISBN 9780451226150 | 304 pages | 03 Feb 2009 | Signet | 6.49 x 4.29in | 18 - AND UP
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The streets of San Francisco would be lined with hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright had her way. And her mentor wouldn’t be lying in a pool of his own blood on the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration.

With his final breath he leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, and gives her a priceless—and supposedly cursed—copy of Goethe’s Faust for safekeeping.

Brooklyn suddenly finds herself accused of murder and theft, thanks to the humorless—but attractive—British security officer who finds 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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