3.5 stars. Not bad and enjoyable read with all your favorite characters. Set in the wine country. Murder, mayhem (a little bit) and a grand ending. Enjoy

I love this series and have read them all. I look forward to the new one every year. This one is a little different as it takes place in Dharma. Brooklyn and her new husband, Derek, are excited to be guests at Dharma’s first annual Book Festival. The entire town is involved and Brooklyn’s mom Rebecca is taking charge. In addition to all of her other event related duties, she’s got Brooklyn doing rare book appraisals and is also staging Little Women, the musical to delight the festival goers. If that wasn’t enough, she and Meg—Derek’s mom—will have a booth where they read palms and tarot cards. Brooklyn couldn’t be prouder of her mom’s do-it-all attitude so when a greedy local businessman who seems intent on destroying Dharma starts harassing Rebecca, Brooklyn is ready to take him down. Rebecca is able to hold her own with the nasty jerk until one of her fellow festival committee members is brutally murdered and the money for the festival seems to have vanished into thin air.

In the 14th book in the Bibliophile series Brooklyn and Derek return to Dharma (yay!) to visit family, help with the harvest, and participate in Dharma's first Book Festival run by Brooklyn's mother. Favorite characters return and new characters are introduced, the characters in this series are wonderfully quirky, witty, and lovable. The mystery is great, i had no idea who the murderer was. This is a fabulous series, this book can be read as a stand-alone but I highly recommend reading every book in this fantastic series! I can't wait to see what's next for Brooklyn and Derek!

The Grim Reader is another cozy mystery from Kate Carlisle’s Bibliophile Mysteries series where the action revolves around an antique book, this time it’s Little Women. There is an upcoming book festival in Brooklyn’s home town of Dharma in California’s wine country. Her mother Becky and her mother-in-law Meg get caught up in the murder and mayhem surrounding the organization of the book festival. The mystery develops around the antique book and the various characters who are on the festival’s organizing committee.

For me this series is no longer about the mystery and learning about the art and science of restoring old books; it is about reconnecting with Brooklyn’s family and friends who are all included in this book. To get to read about the changes and developments affecting them is like going to a family reunion.

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the ARC

Another great book in the series. Carlise continues to create likeable charcters who always find out the truth about those who resort to murder to solve their problems. The Grim Reader offers a few new twists and turns and of course there is a great rare book involved.

A fun read in this excellent series---books about books. And in this case, also about drama, wine and murder. The characters are interesting and the plot moved right along with the occasional red herrings.

Another great entry in the series! A return to the fun setting of Dharma and some significant time with long running secondary characters made The Grim Reader more than just another cozy. While the mystery wasn't as tricky as some previous books, it still keeps you guessing with several excellent red herrings. Book lovers and wine lovers will both enjoy this cozy mystery.

It is difficult to believe that we are 14 titles into this entertaining series by the talented Kate Carlisle. Heroine Brooklyn Wainwright has lost none of her appeal and the books at this point are like a family reunion for the many characters in Brooklyn's orbit. In fact, I couldn't think of one that didn't make an appearance in The Grim Reader, where, once again, there is a rare book worth killing for. That book this time is Little Women, wonderful timing given the success of the recent movie.

Brooklyn's bookbinding skills are not as highly showcased in this adventure, but, as usual, those who are fascinated by books will learn more about the featured title and its history. The action takes place mostly in Brooklyn's hometown of Dharma in the Sonoma Valley, and, once again, readers will also get some tips on wine and wine making. At the end of the book, there are also recipes for the enticing food mentioned through the book.

The mystery itself is probably not the strongest in the series, but the reader will be so charmed by Brooklyn, her security expert husband Derek, and the quirky members of her immediate and extended families and friends, that the reader won't care. It is just a pleasure to spend a few hours in Brooklyn's world.

Full Disclosure--NetGalley and the publisher provided me with a digital ARC of this book. This is my honest review.

The bibliophile mysteries is one of my favorite series. Brooklyn Wainwright, restorer of rare books, never fails to become embroiled in murder. Brooklyn, along with new husband security expert ,Derek, are in her hometown Dharma, for their first annual book festival that her mother is running. There is a bully however who is trying to push his way onto the committee for his own gains. As Brooklyn’s mother thwarts him, he threatens her, and has created enemies in town wherever he goes. So when a dead body is discovered, Brooklyn assumes it will be him, and not the co-chair of the committee.
Along with family and friends, another murder, a few red herrings, this is another page turner of a mystery, pun intended. I love reading about the details of book restoration, a welcoming bonus in this series. Slower paced than some of her precious mysteries, I still enjoyed reading this book, and always look forward to the next. In the back there is a readers guide that asks if you’d like the mysteries set in San Francisco or Dharma, and I have to say SF, as I think there is sometimes too much of a zaniness in Dharma.