While Brooklyn has temporarily relocated to her parents’ place in Sonoma, she attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under their commune. A room is unearthed, revealing artwork, rare books, cases of wine, a chest of jewelry...and a perfectly mummified body. A closer examination of the murdered man’s possessions reveals a valuable first edition of Jules Verne’s A Journey to the Center of the Earth containing a secret treasure map.
Word of the explosive find draws in reporters, art appraisers, and questions. After a new presence threatens the town’s peace, it’s clear that not all crime is buried in the past. So Brooklyn decides to do a little excavating of her own and solve the mystery of the treasure before anyone else is written off...
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- ISBN: 9781101591321
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Publisher's Weekly
June 1, 2015
Rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright knows as much about finding corpses as she does about books, as shown in Carlisle's uneven ninth bibliophile mystery (after 2014's The Book Stops Here). Brooklyn and her hunky boyfriend, English security expert Derek Stone, are in Dharma, Calif., when a cave is opened on the property of the Sonoma County winery run by the commune where Brooklyn's parents live. Not surprisingly, there's a body in the cave, the mummified remains of a Frenchman. What's more, the cave contains a treasure trove of European artwork transported to the U.S. in secret, as the French wanted to save it from the Nazis. Guru Bob, the commune leader, is the descendant of one of those French émigrés. Brooklyn turns sleuth when a threatening stranger arrives in Dharma. It's an intriguing setup, but the characters are mostly on the thin side, so it's hard to care what happens to them. It's the reader's choice whether all the New Age accoutrements are charming or a cause for eye-rolling. -
Booklist
June 1, 2015
When Brooklyn Wainwright, a book restorer, visits her parents' commune to attend a wine tasting in a cave, the last thing she expects to find is a Jules Verne first editionthat and a dead body. The leader of the commune identifies the victim as a friend of his grandfather's. Further investigation reveals more rare books, along with art, jewelry, and other valuables, as well as evidence suggesting that the various treasures were given by French families to be smuggled to America during WWII. As she works on restoring the books, Brooklyn seeks clues to the murder. Carlisle weaves fascinating history and details of book preservation into a well-crafted story. For Lorna Barrett fans (see review above).(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)
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