The Lies That Bind - Kate Carlisle

Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright returns to San Francisco to teach a bookbinding class, but the program's director is a horrendous host. After the woman is murdered, Brooklyn is bound and determined to investigate. Original.

nIn the third novel in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series, bookbinder Brookly Wainwright gets a lesson in deadly deception... nWhen it comes to rare books and antiquities, Brooklyn Wainwright is a master. Which is why she's returned home to San Francisco to teach a bookbinding class at Bay Area Book Arts.

Unfortunately, BABA director Layla Fontaine is a horrendous host who pitches fits and lords over her subordinates. With the help of her beau, British security officer Derek Stone, Brooklyn manages to put up a brave face and endure. n nUnfortunately, someone else is not so forgiving.

Layla is found dead of a gunshot wound, and Brooklyn is bound and determined to investigate. But when Layla's past ends up intertwined with Derek's, Brooklyn realizes that the case is much more personal than she thought--and that the killer might want to close the book on her for good.n