The Lies That Bind came out in 2010 and is the 3rd novel in Kate Carlisle’s Bibliophile cozy mystery series. This series is a new favorite of mine! I keep ordering these books like crazy because I can’t get enough.
The Lies That Bind picks up just a few weeks after the ending of If Books Could Kill (when Brooklyn visits Edinburgh, Scotland to attend a book fair and her ex-boyfriend gets murdered). In this one, Brooklyn is hired to teach a bookbinding class at Bay Area Book Arts (BABA, for short). BABA is ran by a nasty, mean lady nobody likes named Layla Fontaine. Layla is murdered shortly after Brooklyn starts teaching at BABA and of course she jumps right back into her amateur sleuthing to figure out whodunit.
Like its predecessors, The Lies That Bind is just as fun, light, and humorous. The usual cast of characters is in this one, including Minka, Derek, Robin, Brooklyn’s parents, Guru Bob, and the mysterious Gabriel—the latter of whom is featured more in this book than in the others.
As far as the mystery goes, seasoned cozy mystery readers will likely guess who killed Layla, even if the “why” behind the murder isn’t too clear at first. But no matter, it’s still an enjoyable read.
I wrote reviews for the first two books in the series: Homicide in Hardcover #1 and If Books Could Kill #2.
Do you read this mystery series, and if so, what do you think about it?
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