Kate Carlisle
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 Derekreceive 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, and...
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mystery volume 4
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even at Christmastime, Shannon is more spackle than sparkle, which is why she leaps at the chance to transform a grand old Victorian mansion into ten charming apartments for homeless families. Filled with the spirit of the season, all of Lighthouse Cove turns out to help—including her best friends, a troupe of far-from-angelic Santa Claus impersonators, and her father, Jack. But their merriment is soon dashed by a heated scuffle between Jack and...
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Contractor and part-time sleuth Shannon Hammer specializes in improving the quirks and flaws of the Victorian homes in Lighthouse Cove, California. After her elderly neighbor Jesse Hennessey fails to make his daily appearance at the local diner, Shannon swings by his place to check on him. Not only does she find Jesse dead--of an apparent heart attack--but she also realizes that his home has been ransacked. Someone suggests that a thief was searching...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
The first step...mix business with pleasure
New hairdo? Makeup? A dress? Where did his efficient secretary go? Because the woman in front of Brandon Duke is not the Kelly Meredith who left on vacation two weeks ago. He is shocked—and curiously enchanted—by her transformation.
She says this makeover is all part of her plan...to become more seductive. And this billionaire is just the man to give his suddenly sultry assistant a few...
New hairdo? Makeup? A dress? Where did his efficient secretary go? Because the woman in front of Brandon Duke is not the Kelly Meredith who left on vacation two weeks ago. He is shocked—and curiously enchanted—by her transformation.
She says this makeover is all part of her plan...to become more seductive. And this billionaire is just the man to give his suddenly sultry assistant a few...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Grace Farrell is a genius scientist first, a woman a distant second—until she meets Logan Sutherland. The self-made millionaire is wickedly sexy, and with him, Grace learns a new lesson—how it feels to want a man.
Logan has his roving eye on Grace from the moment she steps onto his tropical island. But when he discovers she's there under false pretenses, he orders her to leave. Faced with her refusal, the cynical bachelor works it all...
Logan has his roving eye on Grace from the moment she steps onto his tropical island. But when he discovers she's there under false pretenses, he orders her to leave. Faced with her refusal, the cynical bachelor works it all...
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 5
Publisher
Obsidian Mysteries
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 9
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parents' place in Northern California, she finds taht wooden barrels aren't the only things buried in the wine caves of Sonoma... --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Bibliophile mysery volume 10
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
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 Jared Mulrooney, the president of the National Birdwatchers 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....
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mystery volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Shannon's good friend and retired tech billionaire, Raphael Nash, is loving his new retired life but he can't stay unoccupied for too long. He's started the Marigold Foundation that helps fund small companies and individuals who do humanitarian work around the world. It's an exciting time in Lighthouse Cove as Raphael hosts the first ever global conference inviting big thinkers from every area of industry to give presentations on eco-living. Raphael's...
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mystery volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Shannon Hammer's younger sister Chloe left Lighthouse Cove after high school to make it big in Hollywood. And she did it! For several years now, Chloe has been the co-host of a popular home repair show on the Do-It-Yourself Network. Now, after ten years, Chloe returns to Lighthouse Cove with her crew and co-host to film several shows featuring her sister Shannon, along with some special mini-segments on Victorian style and design. But Shannon realizes...
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 8
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Brooklyn Wainwright is thrilled to be appearing on the San Francisco edition of the hit TV show This Old Attic as a rare-book expert and appraiser. Her first subject is a very valuable first-edition copy of the classic children's story The Secret Garden,which is owned by a flower vendor named Vera. Once she hears what her book is worth, Vera is eager to have Brooklyn recondition it for resale. But after the episode airs, a furious man storms onto...
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 11
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"San Francisco bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright stumbles through the looking glass in a tale of murder, rare books, and a quest for the perfect pie. . . . Brooklyn's oh-so-proper future in-laws are traveling from England to meet her, and if that's not enough to set her on edge, rumors abound that the charming Courtyard Shops across the street may be replaced by high-rise apartments. Their trendy neighborhood will be ruined unless Brooklyn and her fiancé...
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mystery volume 8
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Plagued by strange events at a construction site, including the discovery of a dead body, Shannon wonders if someone wants to stop the renovations on an old asylum and vows to complete the project even if it kills her.
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 13
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mystery volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
At the annual Victorian Home and Garden Tour, Lighthouse Cove, California's premier contractor, Shannon Hammer, realizes that the competition is about to turn deadly ... Shannon is in high demand among rival homeowners, who will do anything to win Best in Show. One-upmanship and even espionage break out among neighbors, construction crews, decorators, and landscapers. Thanks to several new hires, Shannon is sure she can handle the extra load--until...
Author
Series
Fixer-upper mystery volume 3
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Shannon is happy to help her beau, Mac Sullivan, renovate his historic lighthouse mansion but work grinds to a halt when the reamains of a missing young woman are found.
17) The grim reader
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 14
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"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 Brooklyn doing rare book appraisals and is also staging Little Women, the musical to delight the festival goers. If that wasn't enough, she and Meg--Derek's mom--will have a booth where they read palms and...
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 7
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Sisters Brooklyn and Savannah investigate when a friend is found dead after receiving an antique cookbook with weird symbols and unreadable notes written in the margins.
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 1
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Brooklyn Wainwright is a skilled surgeon. Sure, her patients might smell like mold and have spines made of leather, but no ailing book is going to die on her watch. The same can't be said of Abraham Karastovsky, Brooklyn's friend and former employer. On the eve of the celebration for his latest book restoration, Brooklyn finds her mentor lying a pool of his own blood. With his final breath, Abraham leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, 'Remember the...
Author
Series
Bibliophile mystery volume 16
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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....