Homicide in Hardcover

A Bibliophile Mystery

By: Kate Carlisle

Narrated by: Eileen Stevens

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

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.

©2009 Kathleen Beaver (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

This first in a new series is going to launch Carlisle to a bestselling position and have readers looking forward to the next installment of delightfully eccentric characters, droll dialogue and a meticulously planned crime. Bibliophile heroine Brooklyn Wainwright is brilliant, feisty and funny.” ( Romantic Times)

New series for me

Overall a decent book! I almost gave up after the first chapter. Glad I finished it.

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.

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

Main Character = Weak Female

Struggled to finish. The narrator's accents were horrible and the main character was weak and at times, not all that intelligent. There of course had to be a few handsome male characters to make sure she was safe and to save the day. I like these types of books in general, but this one made me roll my eyes on more then one occasion.

If you love books like I do this the book for you

This series is for anyone who loves book or a librarian. I just read the first one and im already hooked.
Can't wait to read book 2. Come join me tell how y ok like it.

Good series, ok intro

I listened to another later story first by accident.decided to start from the beginning. Slow at times, descriptive but not always important to storyline. Character voices not the best or too much alike. Overall enjoyable mystery that isn’t too “cosy” nor too explicit.

Excellent series.

Where does Homicide in Hardcover rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Interesting way of presenting a mystery. Has moments of humour.

Any additional comments?

This series is well worth listening too.

Great read!

I really truly enjoyed this book! The reader was enjoyable and the setting was memorable. I will be looking forward to the next book in the series for sure! 😄

Pretty good story... annoying listen

The reader in this series has a good voice and does a nice job with most female voices, up to a point. Her read of the neighbor from India is good, and the main character's "voice" is fine. But she quite often misreads a phrase or expression... to the point where I sometimes repeat a line aloud right after her, stressing it the way I think the author meant it to sound! And her male voices (and one voice of a Lesbian couple, which is read like a man's)... terrible. She just can't carry them off. Because of the last two points, I don't think I'm able to judge the merits of the actual story accurately. I so dislike the male leads-- two of whom are SUPPOSED to be dark and dangerous-- that it throws off the experience. I would love to listen to at least one of the Bibliophile Mystery series read by someone else to see if my impressions change, but they're all by this same reader. If I hadn't spent so much money on the Audible versions I might try reading the books for myself... unfortunately I think I have those bad voices stuck in my head now.

Great book, subpar voicing

I adore all the bibliophile books and was looking forward to the audio, but I was disappointed. The narrator tries to struggles with voicing the male characters and it was ultimately distracting and made it hard to listen to the whole book.