title: Homicide in Hardcover: A Bibliophile Mystery
author:  Kate Carlisle 
description: <b>4.5 Stars -- Reviewer's Choice nominee for Best First Mystery Novel</b> "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."<br /> --<i>RT Book Review Magazine</i>
zlib_text: **PRAISE FOR KATE CARLISLE’S FIXER-UPPER MYSTERIES**
  
  “Carlisle uses her trademark clever wit and complex plotting to pen a mystery
  that can only be solved by a smart, funny, and courageous heroine such as
  Shannon Hammer . . . an immensely satisfying page-turner.”
  
  —Jenn McKinlay, _New York Times_ bestselling author of the Library Lover’s
  Mysteries
  
  “Sleuth Shannon Hammer knows her way around a building site and a murder—I
  fell for this feisty, take-charge heroine, and readers will too.”
  
  —Leslie Meier, _New York Times_ bestselling author of the Lucy Stone Mysteries
  
  “Another winner from one of the leaders in the genre!”
  
  — _RT Book Reviews_
  
  “Carlisle’s second contractor cozy continues to please with its smart,
  humorous heroine and plot. Fans of Sarah Graves’s Home Repair Is Homicide
  series will appreciate this title as a solid read-alike.”
  
  — _Library Journal_
  
  “Highly entertaining . . . quick, clever, and somewhat edgy. . . . Shannon’s
  not a stereotype—she’s a person, and an interes