Bibliophile #17
Berkley
November 2023
On Sale: October 24, 2023
336 pages ISBN: 0593637682 EAN: 9780593637685 Kindle: B0BRM5F11S Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
The first ever Christmas mystery in the beloved New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series!
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 Derek receive 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 Yearβs Day, and they want Derek and Brooklyn to be their witnesses. And while theyβre visiting, Claire hopes that Brooklyn will be able to solve a little mystery thatβs occurred in the castle libraryβtwelve very rare, very important books have gone missing.
Once in Scotland, Brooklyn starts working on the mystery of the missing books but is soon distracted by all of the thumping and bumping noises sheβs been hearing in the middle of the night. Youβd think the Ghost of Christmas Past had taken up residence. But when one of the guests is poisoned and another is killed by an arrow through the heart, Brooklyn and Derek know this is not the work of any ghost. Now they must race to find a killer and a book thief before another murder occurs and their friendsβ bright and happy future turns dark and deadly.