Brooklyn Wainwright and her security expert husband. Derek Stone, are enjoying being back home and settling into married life when an unexpected package from Scotland arrives at their door. As a book restorer, books are normally Brooklyn’s domain but this time an old MI6 contact has sent a rare signed first addition of Rebecca to Derek without an explanation. Soon after, the sender’s niece, who also happens to be an old acquaintance of Brooklyn’s, shows up. Claire Quinn doesn’t know what her aunt sent Derek but now she’s gone missing and someone is after Claire.

Soon after Claire arrives, so does the discovery of a body. Claire identifies him as one of the men who have been after her. When Derek begins to question Claire, she reveals that the only connection she can think of between her and the men who have been after her is that they remind her of the men that her father used to work with. Derek and Brooklyn decide to head to Dharma with Claire, only to discover it’s no safer there when a second body drops. If they’re going to figure out who is after Claire, they’re going to have to head to Scotland to dig into Claire’s past and work on securing her future.

As a book junkie, I have been a fan of Brooklyn Wainwright and the Bibliophile Mystery series from the start. Who can resist a smart heroine who is surrounded by books all the time? LITTLE BLACK BOOK takes Brooklyn on her latest adventure and it just gets better every time. The thing I’ve always enjoyed about Kate Carlisle’s books is her ability to throw you off and surprise you with the big reveal.  I’ve gotten it wrong so many times in this series that my list of suspects was pretty much anyone who wasn’t Brooklyn or Derek. LITTLE BLACK BOOK is brimming with intrigue and a crazy mystery that takes you from the wineries of California to the castles of Scotland. Get ready to play detective. It’s going to be fun!