Homicide in hardcover
Ratings7
Average rating3.7
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Ratings7
Average rating3.7
"Brooklyn Wainwright is a skilled surgeon. Sure, her patients might smell like mold and have spines made of leather, but no ailing book is going to die on her watch. The same can't be said of Abraham Karastovsky, Brooklyn's friend and former employer. On the eve of the celebration for his latest book restoration, Brooklyn finds her mentor lying a pool of his own blood. With his final breath, Abraham leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, 'Remember the devil, ' and smiles as she takes possession of his priceless, and supposedly cursed, copy of Goethe's Faust ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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First in a series about a hip, quirky book restorer. Trouble is that hip and quirky doesn't come through half the time. It might improve with more in the series but i won't be finding out.
