San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright loves a good
book festival except when murder is the main event in this thrilling new
addition to the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery
series.
Brooklyn is excited to be included in the Covington Library's first
annual Mark Twain Festival. She'll rebind a rare first edition of The
Prince and the Pauper before an enthusiastic audience of book
nerds--her favorite people. The festival is the passion project of
wealthy media mogul, book lover, and newspaper owner Joseph Cabot, who
considers himself Twain's biggest fan. Brooklyn's hunky husband, Derek,
and his security team once rescued Joseph from a corporate kidnapping
attempt. Now Derek and his agents are charged with keeping Joseph and
his beautiful young wife safe during the festivities taking place all
over town.
The centerpiece of the festival is a citywide contest based on The
Prince and the Pauper one lucky look-alike will trade places with
Joseph for a few days--with access to all the money and power that
Joseph commands. Brooklyn and Derek worry that the contest might be
generating some dangerous attention. And when someone is mysteriously
poisoned right before Brooklyn's eyes, she's not convinced that the
victim was the intended target. Now she and Derek must frantically chase
clues and suspects through the streets of San Francisco before another
murder becomes front-page news. . . .
