Praise for the New York Times Bestselling Bibliophile Mysteries When a new presence threatens the towns peace, Brooklyn decides to do a little excavating of her own and solve the mystery of the treasure before anyone else is written off. Hidden in the book is a secret map that unveils an even greater hoard of treasures brought to California by French winemakers fleeing the Nazi invasion with the commune leaders grandfather, Anton, among them.Īs reporters and art appraisers flock to Sonoma to see the precious bounty, questions begin to risedid Anton hide these items to protect them, or did he steal them for himself? Who is the mysterious man left for dead inside the cave? But not all crime is buried in the past. A room is unearthed, and it contains a treasure trove of artwork, rare books, a chest of jewelry and a perfectly mummified body.Ī closer examination of the murdered mans possessions reveals a valuable first edition of Jules Vernes A Journey to the Center of the Earth. She believes a rare book dealer can assist her, but when she arrives at his shop, she finds him murdered.When book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright temporarily relocates to her parents place in Northern California, she finds that wooden barrels arent the only things buried in the wine caves of Sonoma .Įxcited to explore the secrets of wine country, Brooklyn attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under her parents communeand the findings are explosive. Now she decides to find out who sold the book and return it to its rightful owner Emily. Soon afterward, he died in a car crash, and Brooklyn has always suspected his possessive ex girlfriend and her jealous beau. Three years ago, Max Adams, a renowned, brawny papermaker, fell in love with a stunning beauty, Emily, and gave her the copy of Beauty and the Beast as a symbol of their love.
There may be grave consequences for bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright as she attempts to solve two murders tied to one book…īrooklyn’s chance to restore a rare first edition of Beauty and the Beast seems a fairytale come true until she realizes the book last belonged to an old friend of hers.
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