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Homicide in Hardcover
- A Bibliophile Mystery
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Murder is always a bestseller… first in the new bibliophile mystery series!
The streets of San Francisco would be lined with hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright had her way. And her mentor wouldn't be lying in a pool of his own blood on the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration. With his final breath he leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, and gives her a priceless - and supposedly cursed - copy of Goethe's Faust for safekeeping. Brooklyn suddenly finds herself accused of murder and theft, thanks to the humorless - but attractive - British security officer who finds her kneeling over the body. Now she has to read the clues left behind by her mentor if she is going to restore justice.
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- CarmelaC
- 02-06-17
NICE TYPICAL COZY mystery
Good mystery in the cozy style. narrator's accent is fine. no lurid scenes. i nearly didn't get this becuase of the bad reviews. after finishing it i wander if those reviews are of this book. the only connection i could find is that there is a minor character with a british accent. while that accent is not perfect it is not that bad, and i listen to a lot of british narrators. the main character and most other are American so no problem. as for the supposed lurid scenes that remind some of the reviewers of romances_ no idea what they are talking about???? Brooklyn doesn't even have a boyfriend rough there are signs this will change in the next book but for now only a platonic interest and no loose behavior what so ever. If you like cozy mysteries you will enjoy this.
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- Martha Wood
- 01-01-19
Bibliophile Cozy Mystery Indeed!
Just what I needed over a holiday weekend. Archival book restoration expert with short timeline to prepare for exhibition, plus murder, hidden clues and offbeat characters. Performed with dialects and all. Ready for more books in the series.
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- gamekat
- 06-14-20
Protagonist keeps making really bad choices.
Some parts of this story I liked. Two big things I didn't. First, the main character is a twenty- something, college educated business woman. Yet she is an emotional wreck that can't make one good decision. Second, I thought I was going to read a mystery - too much of the romance novel in this book for my taste.
Finally, having grown up in San Francisco, it was irksome when the reader mispronounced Noe Valley. It is Noh-ee, not No.
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- Hovercraft
- 08-16-19
excellent narration
I really have to applaud Eileen Stephens performance of this book it really adds to the story and I can hardly wait to read the next one
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- Duma
- 09-17-18
Swearing but good character development
Swearing is frequent although I did like the writing the author creates realistic characters it is sad the swearing got in the way
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- Roz
- 02-27-18
A nice read when between books
It was an OK read. I could have done without the profanity and I'm sure the book could have done without the profanity as well. Overall it's a nice listen but I don't get the feeling that I've learned much about the main character nor do I feel inclined to finish the series.
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- Sandy
- 10-29-12
Not Great
I downloaded this book because I wanted a nice cozy mystery. I should have followed the reviews and not gotten the book. The premise could have been good, but I found it very slow and boring. The narrator's "British" accent started out sounding Scottish and then wavered back and forth. Between the distracting narration and the slow story, I probably won't even finish the book. It's not even keeping my interest enough for me to care whodunit.
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- Fenina
- 10-27-11
Awful listen!
This book is an insult for every serious audible listener and a complete waste of time and a credit. Its nothing but a lame romance novel disguised in a pseudo crime story. The characters are a compilation of contrived stereotypes, the story doesn’t go anywhere, and the plot is complete nonsense.
The narrator tries her best, but her imitation of male characters would be more suited for a fluffy puppet at Sesame street. Very painful to listen to, and kind of disturbing in a funny way since the main character starts fantasizing about two of the male characters the second she meets them.
Only one word: LAME!
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-20-11
Mystery,,, Good Romance...UGH
Maybe I should start by saying I don't read romance novels. I love it when there is attraction and subtlety with a kiss at the end and a promise of a more fullfilling relationship later when a commitment is present. Imagine that... moral books. With that said, Brooklyn, the main character, has all the sublety of a flashing neon sign. Brooklyn appears to be attracted to almost any man in the book as long as he's young and handsome and you have to hear about it in detail. She has had several attempts made to kill her. Then she gets decked by a main wearing black and instead of wondering "Who is he?" and "Is he the murderer?" she is attracted to him?? Please. The overall mystery was quite nice. But the language which is moderately sprinkled with all kinds of bad words, including f words, is disappointing and distracting. I am a mom of school age children and I can't listen to this outloud, yet it is an AUDIO book. My dad is a true bibliophile and collects old books. I love the setting of this mystery, but the romance and language are too much. Overall, it was disappointing. The performance also detracted from the story. If you need a British accent, you ought to try to find a good one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-23-18
Fun characters, odd characters, what fun!
loved it, Brooklyn rocks and you learn a lot about book binding. great new series.
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- Catriona
- 06-21-15
One to be avoided
I'm astonished by all the positive reviews this book has. The heroine protests every so often about being called stupid, but there seems no other word to describe her. She withholds information from detectives, makes off with items from crime scenes and investigates murders for no good reason I could discern.
Some characters did have the potential to be interesting, but others are so strange I thought at first the author was being ironic - a private investigator who is likened to James Bond, was an RN commander and drives a Bentley. He is of course a love interest, but in a plot line out of the 1970s starts off distrusting our heroine before any crime takes place and for no reason that is ever given.
The author does apparently know book binding, but dumps paragraphs of information about the process into the story with no subtlety. She does not however know anything about foreign languages; the heroine, who speaks no German is able to read something which, from what we are told would be quite complex, in German armed with no more than a dictionary.
The only reason I would recommend this is that it's so bad you keep going to see what horror comes next
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- IAN
- 05-23-13
Brilliant new detective on the scene!
Kate Carlisle's New Bibliophile mystery series featuring Brooklyn Wainwright, is a page turner (or in this case 'ear listener') all the way.
Hopefully there will be more of Kate's Bibliophile Mysteries audiobooks available in the near future in the UK....as I know there are 6 books out already and the 7th out in June in hardback (A Cookbook Conspiracy), plus 1 novella available only via Kindle (Pages of Sin).
Keep them coming please Kate!
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