title: If Books Could Kill: A Bibliophile Mystery
author:  Kate Carlisle 
description: "Carlisle's story is captivating, and she peoples it with a cast of eccentrics. Books seldom kill, of course, but this one could murder an early bedtime." --<i>Richmond-Times Dispatch</i><br /><br />"If you're headed to the Edinburgh Book Fair this month, you should pack comfortable shoes, a raincoat with a hood, and a copy of Kate Carlisle's bonnie little mystery, <i>If Books Could Kill</i>." --<i>Fine Books and Collections Magazine</i>
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  > CONTENTS
  
  >  _If A Lady Lingers_
  
  > 1\. _Month One_
  
  > 2\. _Month Two_
  
  > 3\. _Month Three_
  
  > 4\. _Month Four_
  
  > 5\. _Month Five_
  
  > 6\. _Month Six_
  
  > 7\. _Moving Day_
  
  >  _Bonus Story!_
  
  > > _How The Duke Stole Christmas_
  
  >  _About the Author_
  
  > > IF A LADY LINGERS
  
   _A Capturing the Carlisles Novella_
  
   _by_
  
   _Anna Harrington_
  
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  Copyright ©2020 by Anna Harrington
  
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