New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle is a native Californian who
worked in television production for many years before turning to writing. It was
a lifelong fascination with the art and craft of bookbinding that led her to
write the Bibliophile Mysteries, featuring Brooklyn Wainwright, whose
bookbinding and restoration skills invariably uncover old secrets, treachery and
murder. Visit Kate online at www.KateCarlisle.com.
Have you ever browsed through the old books at antique stores or flea markets or
estate sales and wondered about the stories those books could tell? Not just the
story
in the book, but the story
of the book.
Who owned it? How did they acquire it? What did it mean to them? What sorts of
people bought the book and then safeguarded it for 100 years or more?
That very intriguing idea is what prompted me to create the Bibliophile
Mysteries. At the center of each mystery is a rare book being restored by
preeminent bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright. As I craft the plot, I echo the
themes of the rare book, but with a modern twist. I think of it as a puzzle
within the mystery, a bonus gift to my readers.
In
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Journey to the
Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. Much of the action takes place in a
California wine cave. Because Verne was a French writer, I came up with a
treasure that was ferreted out of Nazi-occupied France, then stashed in the
cave. Lifeβor rather, deathβgot in the way.
A scene from
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I was curious to see what other bounty we would find in there, so I peeked
around Derek to take another look. And I let out a piercing shriek.
βWhat is it?β Austin demanded, crowding me as I tried to push away from the wall.
Robin chuckled. βKnowing Brooklyn, she probably found a dead body.β
Her words barely registered as I pointed a shaky finger at what I saw on the
floor close to the wall.
Derek aimed the beam where Iβd indicated and muttered an expletive. He stepped
back from the hole in the wall, turned off the flashlight, and wrapped his arm
around my shoulders.
Robinβs smile faltered. βDerek?β
βYou were right, Robin,β Derek said, giving me a soft squeeze of sympathy. βThis
cave has just turned into a crime scene.β
Who is the dead man in the cave? Why is he there? And who now owns the priceless
treasures discovered with his body? You'll discover these answers in
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which is now available in mass market paperback and ebook. (It came out in
hardcover last year.)
What old book would you love to find at a flea market? Why that
one, particularly?
Now in paperbackβbook-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright unearths
murder and treasure in California Wine Country, in the New York Times
bestselling mystery seriesβ¦
While Brooklyn temporarily stays with her parents in Northern California, she
attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under their commune. A room is
unearthed, revealing a treasure trove of artwork, rare books, cases of wine, a
chest of jewelryβ¦and a perfectly mummified body. They also find a secret map
leading to even more valuables.
Word of the explosive find draws in reporters, art appraisers, questions, and
complications. Soon Brooklyn decides to do a little excavating of her own and
solve the mystery of the treasure before anyone else is written offβ¦.
I would like to find a 1948 American encyclopedia annual. I have located annuals for family members birthdays and anniversaries. The last needed annual would be for my birth year 1947.
(Joanne Hicks 7:11pm May 9, 2016)
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