San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright loves a good book festival except when murder is the main event in this thrilling new addition to the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series. Brooklyn is excited to be included in the Covington Library’s first annual Mark Twain Festival. She’ll rebind a rare first edition of
The Prince and the Pauper before an enthusiastic audience of book nerds—her favorite people. The festival is the passion project of wealthy media mogul, book lover, and newspaper owner Joseph Cabot, who considers himself Twain’s biggest fan. Brooklyn’s hunky husband, Derek, and his security team once rescued Joseph from a corporate kidnapping attempt. Now Derek and his agents are charged with keeping Joseph and his beautiful young wife safe during the festivities taking place all over town.
The centerpiece of the festival is a citywide contest based on
The Prince and the Pauper: one lucky look-alike will trade places with Joseph for a few days—with access to all the money and power that Joseph commands. Brooklyn and Derek worry that the contest might be generating some dangerous attention. And when someone is mysteriously poisoned right before Brooklyn’s eyes, she’s not convinced that the victim was the intended target. Now she and Derek must frantically chase clues and suspects through the streets of San Francisco before another murder becomes front-page news. . . .
San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright is back with a new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series.
Joseph is a very popular wealthy San Franciscan who owns the main newspaper in town as well as radio stations and TV. Years ago, Derek and his security team rescued Joseph from an assassination attempt and now the man and his wife are friendly with Derek and Brooklyn. The friendship is helped along by the fact that Joseph is a big book lover and contributes lavishly to the Covington Library. His favorite author is Mark Twain (another newspaperman) and he's underwritten the first annual Mark Twain Festival at the Covington.
As part of the festival activities, Brooklyn will spend a few hours every day out in the main room of the Library, giving demonstrations of her work at re-binding an old copy of THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. There will be events all week, all around town, celebrating the time Twain spent in the city. But the biggest event is being run by Joseph's newspaper: a citywide contest based on the PRINCE AND THE PAUPER-they want to find someone who looks like Joseph! The two men will trade places for a week and be a part of a huge publicity campaign to raise money for the Covington Library. But the fun turns frantic when a murder occurs and Brooklyn and Derek are right in the middle of the madness.
Story Locale: San Francisco, CA
Series Overview: Whether you need an old book restored or a mystery solved, San Francisco's Brooklyn Wainwright has got you covered.
Praise for the New York Times Bestselling Bibliophile Mysteries“Kate Carlisle never fails to make me laugh, even as she has me turning the pages to see what's going to happen next."—Miranda James,
New York Times bestselling author of the Cat in the Stacks Mysteries
“Another superb entry....Quirky characters and an intriguing cookbook with a fabulous history add to the fun. Highly entertaining.”—Carolyn Hart,
New York Times bestselling author of the Death on Demand Mysteries
“A gently paced, intelligently plotted tale that educates while it entertains.”—Crimespree
“Another suspenseful and humorous mystery full of quirky characters that you'll want to visit again and again.”—Fresh Fiction
