Brooklyn Wainwright restores old books. Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle is the first of a series of
16 books. It centers around a cursed,1880, jewel-encrusted edition of Goethe’s
Faust. Her mentor Abraham Karastovsky was murdered while working
on the restoration. Brooklyn receives the assignment and apparently the curse. For
a book restorer and detective, Brooklyn is a bit ditsy for my taste. She faints
at the sight of blood and gets flustered in the presence of a sexy guy. (They
seem to be everywhere.) I can’t decide whether this is a romance or a mystery.
Maybe the other 16 books in this series will answer my question.
Her parents are an interesting addition to the book. They are hippies who joined a commune in Sonoma County (California wine country, north of San Francisco) in the 1960s. The value of their land and the winery has appreciated since its founding. The commune and its early members are very rich. Rich hippies!
The novel includes lots of details on the restoration of old books.
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