With all of the
wedding details in place, Brooklyn and Derek decide that she
should go ahead with her conference schedule at the National
Librarians Association conference which is being held in their
home city of San Francisco. Brooklyn would be too occupied
with her bookbinding workshop, speech on book conservation
and hosting a three-hour bus tour for book lovers. Yes, a
tour for 20 librarians who win a raffle to tour around San
Francisco with Brooklyn. A three-hour tour, a three-hour tour
eerily reminiscent of the castaways on an old television show,
Gilligan’s Island.
Yet the trouble
comes from another direction when two women who Brooklyn went
to library school with show up at the conference. The friendships
ended badly when Sara stole Heather’s boyfriend and
Brooklyn was caught in the middle. It had been a long time
since they’d all been together and Brooklyn is waiting
for the drama to begin, especially when both women attend
her surprise bridal shower. Yet they seem to be letting bygones
be bygones. When Sara is murdered and it appears that a forged
rare book may play a part in the killing, Brooklyn and Derek
along with their “helpful” meddling mothers use
their sleuthing skills to find the killer before their wedding
plans go awry.
As a long time
fan of this series, I am delighted to finally have the book
with the tale of the love-birds big day! As always, Kate Carlisle
has written a smart mystery with plenty of family, romance,
friends, and books in the midst. I loved visiting San Francisco
and Brooklyn and crew again and hope this series continues
for years to come.
I’ve said
it before, and I’ll say it again. You just can’t
go wrong with a Kate Carlisle mystery!
Reviewer’s Notes: Kate Carlisle also writes the Fixer-Upper
Mysteries