The Paper Caper

Kate Carlisle

Jul 2022 · Bibliophile Mystery Book 16 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright loves a good book festival except when murder is the main event in this thrilling new addition to the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series.

Brooklyn is excited to be included in the Covington Library’s first annual Mark Twain Festival. She’ll rebind a rare first edition of The Prince and the Pauper before an enthusiastic audience of book nerds—her favorite people. The festival is the passion project of wealthy media mogul, book lover, and newspaper owner Joseph Cabot, who considers himself Twain’s biggest fan. Brooklyn’s hunky husband, Derek, and his security team once rescued Joseph from a corporate kidnapping attempt. Now Derek and his agents are charged with keeping Joseph and his beautiful young wife safe during the festivities taking place all over town. 
 
The centerpiece of the festival is a citywide contest based on The Prince and the Pauper: one lucky look-alike will trade places with Joseph for a few days—with access to all the money and power that Joseph commands. Brooklyn and Derek worry that the contest might be generating some dangerous attention. And when someone is mysteriously poisoned right before Brooklyn’s eyes, she’s not convinced that the victim was the intended target. Now she and Derek must frantically chase clues and suspects through the streets of San Francisco before another murder becomes front-page news. . . .

Ratings and reviews

The Paper Caper is the sixteenth A Bibliophile Mystery. I love learning about Brooklyn’s trade as a book restorer. The mystery was straightforward. It begins at the halfway point. By the time the murder occurs, I already knew the solution. I admit that I enjoyed how the deed was done. It is certainly unique. The Paper Caper is a delightful tale with a pulsating prince, a pleasant pauper, an animated marketing maven, a Swedish bombshell, a disagreeable butler, & a busy Brooklyn.

I do enjoy my murder mysteries. Carlisle writes this series in such a compelling manner that the things going on and around the murder are as interesting as finding out "whodunnit". In this case, the book is centered around a Mark Twain Book Festival. It was so interesting to find out facts about books I read long ago, that I had to go out and reread The Prince and The Pauper. Carlisle describes a super fancy house in a real San Francisco neighborhood. It was fun to daydream about living there.

Great read could not put it down. Kept me quessing to the end. Brooklyn and Derek are on up to their usual watching everything going on to make sure the culprit is caught. Add in Inspector Lee and of course Alex and Gabriel and you have the team. Then a Poison Paper exhibit and the you know what starts. And always friends and family show up, this time Brooklyn's mom and bestie, Robin and her new baby. Lots of interesting information about Mark Twain, The Prince and The Pauper, and of course, bookbinding, and a murder. Can't wait for the next one.

About the author

Kate Carlisle is the New York Times bestselling author of the Bibliophile Mysteries, including Little Black Book and The Grim Reader, as well as the Fixer-Upper Mysteries, including Absence of Mallets.