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  • Published: 17 August 2021
  • ISBN: 9780451491442
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $19.99

The Grim Reader



San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright was hoping for a fun, relaxing weekend at a local book fair, but a murderer made other plans in the latest in this New York Times bestselling series, now in paperback.

San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright was hoping for a fun, relaxing weekend at a local book fair, but a murderer made other plans in the latest in this New York Times bestselling series.

Brooklyn and her new hunky husband, Derek, are excited to be guests at Dharma’s first annual Book Festival. The entire town is involved and Brooklyn’s mom Rebecca is taking charge. In addition to all of her other event related duties, she’s got Brooklyn doing rare book appraisals and is also staging Little Women, the musical to delight the festival goers. If that wasn’t enough, she and Meg—Derek’s mom—will have a booth where they read palms and tarot cards.

Brooklyn couldn’t be prouder of her mom’s do-it-all attitude so when a greedy local businessman who seems intent on destroying Dharma starts harassing Rebecca, Brooklyn is ready to take him down. Rebecca is able to hold her own with the nasty jerk until one of her fellow festival committee members is brutally murdered and the money for the festival seems to have vanished into thin air. 
Things get even more personal when one of Brooklyn’s nearest and dearest is nearly run down in cold blood. Brooklyn and Derek go into attack mode and the pressure is on to catch a spineless killer before they find themselves skipping the festival for a funeral.

  • Published: 17 August 2021
  • ISBN: 9780451491442
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $19.99

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Praise for The Grim Reader

Praise for the New York Times Bestselling Bibliophile Mysteries
"Kate Carlisle never fails to make me laugh, even as she has me turning the pages to see what's going to happen next."--Miranda James, New York Times bestselling author of the Cat in the Stacks Mysteries

"Enjoyable....Book lovers and Bond fans won't want to miss this cozy."--Publishers Weekly

"As fresh as ever and a fine addition to the long-running series....One of [the] best reads of 2019."--Open Book Society

"A gently paced, intelligently plotted tale that educates while it entertains."--Crimespree Magazine

"Another suspenseful and humorous mystery full of quirky characters that you'll want to visit again and again."--Fresh Fiction