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I was going to go with two stars, which is the problem with writing "mysteries" that are really more like death stories. There is never a mystery that can be figured out, as about 100 inane things are revealed by the killer in their totally unnecessary confession. And since the confession occurs right at the end, its unsatisfactoriness is still fresh in the mind when this review is requested.

I suppose Brooklyn shouldn't be ashamed for never figuring anything out, because no one could, given the myriad unknown-but-important facts revealed in the inevitable final confession. However, what Brooklyn should not be forgiven for is claiming she solves cases. She just happens to be there during the confession, though I suppose she does sometimes "precipitate" it, but not in a believable fashion. She certainly doesn't come anywhere close to necessitating it.

To be fair, this book has some seemingly organic character lines from Brooklyn that are funnier than almost everything that succeeds it (I've been reading these in reverse chronological order). Still plagued by a lot of the redundancy and contradictions as the others - things I think a good editor...maybe just a decent editor...heck, any editor at all? would probably be helpful in ferreting out. But, I guess I keep reading them for the friendly descriptions of bookbinding and food and the lack of anything offensive in the description and, in that way, they're obviously still, so far, up to the task.

So, yeah, a renewedly enthusiastic 3/5 stars!


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A Cookbook Conspiracy A Bibliophile Mystery Kate Carlisle Books Reviews

Brooklyn Wainwright, a reputable bookbinder is startled by an unexpected visit from her chef sister, Savannah. Savannah, owner of 'Arugula' a vegetarian restaurant in the Sonoma County, CA town of Dharma, has come to ask Brooklyn to repair a rare cookbook to give as a present to a fellow chef.

Brooklyn doesn't want to give this book away as it is rare and very old. In fact from the 18th Century. However, Savannah is insistent so Brooklyn agrees. As a Thank You, Savannah arranges dinner reservations to the Chef's grand opening in San Francisco in the Mission District. The Chef is Baxter Cromwell, Savannah's ex-boyfriend, television-land's Bad Boy Chef, and an all around jerk.

Baxter has decided to open his restaurant with two weeks worth of his favorite old friend chefs. Opening night, Savannah is featured. Brooklyn and her live in love, Derek Stone, a former spy and now CEO of his own high security firm, doesn't know what to expect when they arrive, what they didn't expect, however, was to find Baxter dead on his kitchen floor with Savannah kneeling over him with the murderous knife!

The three await the police and make a cursory search for the rare cookbook, after all, it wouldn't have anything to do with the murder would it? When the book comes up missing, that is exactly what Brooklyn begins to ponder.

This sounds like a rather regular murder mystery...but what a person who is not familiar with this excellent series doesn't know is this mystery, is as usual, character driven. Ms. Carlisle has the unique ability to make her characters, not only believable, but interesting. Brooklyn and Derek are a society couple, but yet, you can see yourself joining them with a pizza and beer. I'm also in love with the family and residents of Dharma (Brooklyn's home town.) I love that the 'Flower People' have grown up and created their own form of an established life style. I favor the positivity versus the normal negativity that is type-casted for a 'flower person' of the sixties!

We are actually solving two mysteries...murder and the rare book loss. The stories weave in and out and both are solved at the ending quite satisfactorily in my opinion.

I look forward to the next installment eagerly. I'm never disappointed. I doubt you will either.
Only on chapter 6, And am not sure I'll make it through this one. While Brooklyn needing wine in every chapter gets old in every book, It's her sister that's turning this book into an abomination in the bibliophile mystery series. Her sister's character is so awful that I'm actually finding myself missing Minka LeBeouff..or whatever that annoying character's name was. If you like this series, I'd skip this one!
I will probably be tarred and feathered but I just could not get into this book. When I failed to want to pick it up eagerly every day, I knew I was bored and life is too short to waste time plowing through boring books. I loved this series so much and all the characters and especially her painstaking, fascinating bookbinding. I always looked forward to the next in the series, til now. This series, like others, has veered off track with this one, focusing more on her romance than her work. And her sister came off as someone whiny and not what she had been in other books. I could drone on and on about this but it just was not as good character-wise or book-binding work wise as the previous ones.
I so enjoy this series featuring Brooklyn Wainwright, book restorer extraordinaire .The ingredients ofthis entry in 2013 make for a delicious whodunit. Add some world class chefs of various levels and talents who met years ago at Le Cordon Bleu, a missing cookbook whose origin includes a series of codes and weaves together some old, new and borrowed characters at the opening of BAX in San Francisco, sprinkle a few untimely deaths and voila..you have a mixture that will keep you engaged in Kate Carlise's latest adventure as I catch up to the current day. I enjoy every one of these 'cozy mysteries as they bring new learning about various crafts. In this series there is enough to whet the appetite for book restoration and a few good recipe's for food or romance. Throw in the gorgeous, intriguing Derek Stone, secret agent, brother Dalton, and Savannah the vegan chef and sibling of Brooklyn and voila. Enjoy the tossing and turning of a centuries old puzzle and savor the plate before you.
I was going to go with two stars, which is the problem with writing "mysteries" that are really more like death stories. There is never a mystery that can be figured out, as about 100 inane things are revealed by the killer in their totally unnecessary confession. And since the confession occurs right at the end, its unsatisfactoriness is still fresh in the mind when this review is requested.

I suppose Brooklyn shouldn't be ashamed for never figuring anything out, because no one could, given the myriad unknown-but-important facts revealed in the inevitable final confession. However, what Brooklyn should not be forgiven for is claiming she solves cases. She just happens to be there during the confession, though I suppose she does sometimes "precipitate" it, but not in a believable fashion. She certainly doesn't come anywhere close to necessitating it.

To be fair, this book has some seemingly organic character lines from Brooklyn that are funnier than almost everything that succeeds it (I've been reading these in reverse chronological order). Still plagued by a lot of the redundancy and contradictions as the others - things I think a good editor...maybe just a decent editor...heck, any editor at all? would probably be helpful in ferreting out. But, I guess I keep reading them for the friendly descriptions of bookbinding and food and the lack of anything offensive in the description and, in that way, they're obviously still, so far, up to the task.

So, yeah, a renewedly enthusiastic 3/5 stars!