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Mystery & Thrillers

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October 2009

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Golden Heart and Daphne du Maurier Award winning author Kate Carlisle spent over twenty years working in television production as an Associate Director for game and variety shows, including The Midnight Special, Solid Gold and The Gong Show. She traveled the world as a Dating Game chaperone and performed strange acts of silliness on The Gong Show. She also studied acting and singing, toiled in vineyards, collected books, joined a commune, sold fried chicken, modeled spring fashions and worked for a cruise ship line, but it was the year she spent in law school that finally drove her to begin writing fiction. It seemed the safest way to kill off her professors. Those professors are breathing easier now that Kate spends most of her time writin...more

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NYT Bestseller: ONE BOOK IN THE GRAVE

One Book in the Grave has hit #15 on the New York Times bestsellers list for mass market paperbacks! This is a personal best for me and such an honor. It means the world to me that readers were so excited to get their hands on the next Bibliophile Mystery novel. I adore bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright, and it's clear that readers do, too. Thank you! read more »

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Published on February 16, 2012 08:39 • 109 views • Tags: bibliophile-mystery, cozy-mystery, kate-carlisle, one-book-in-the-grave

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Books by Kate Carlisle

Average rating: 3.78 · 3,385 ratings · 594 reviews · 17 distinct works

	Homicide In Hardcover (A Bibliophile Mystery, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 1,244 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	My rating:
	If Books Could Kill (A Bibliophile Mystery, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 707 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Lies That Bind (A Bibliophile Mystery, #3) 3.88 avg rating — 538 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Murder under Cover (A Bibliophile Mystery, #4) 3.93 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	One Book in the Grave (A Bibliophile Mystery #5) 3.90 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Pages of Sin: A Bibliophile Mystery - An eSpecial from New American Library 3.79 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Millionaire Meets His Match 3.80 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	How to Seduce a Billionaire 3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sweet Surrender, Baby Surprise 3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	One-Click Buy: July 2010 Silhouette Desire by Kate Carlisle (Goodreads Author), Brenda Jackson, Maureen Child (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Kate Carlisle

A Bibliophile Mystery (6 books)
by Kate Carlisle (Goodreads Author)

3.78 avg rating — 3,165 ratings

Duke Brothers (3 books)
by Kate Carlisle (Goodreads Author)

3.87 avg rating — 149 ratings

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Mar 19, 2012 08:20am
KateCarlisle liked Marlyn's review of One Book in the Grave (A Bibliophile Mystery #5): " n this installment, Brooklyn is asked to look at a book recently purchased by one of her clients who happens to the the head curator of the fictional Covington Library in San Francisco. But it turns out that the book he wants her to restore was a... " Read more of this review »
Mar 02, 2012 05:19am · see review
KateCarlisle liked Beth's review of One Book in the Grave (A Bibliophile Mystery #5): " Another good book to add to the shelf. What I like about this one, is how Kate shows a crime being Hijacked and extended by people close to/associated with the original perpetrators. nice mental twist. I also like how she shows people of opposing... " Read more of this review »
Mar 02, 2012 05:18am · see review
KateCarlisle gave to: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson read in March, 2012	My rating:
I learned so many interesting things about Franklin from reading this book, and about the early days of our country. For example, for a long time, Franklin didn't want America to declare independence. He tried very diligently to get England to change...more
Mar 02, 2012 05:14am · see review
KateCarlisle marked as to-read: Barefoot Season by Susan Mallery (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Feb 22, 2012 11:20am
KateCarlisle made a comment on NYT Bestseller: ONE BOOK IN THE GRAVE: "Beth wrote: "Kate, seems to me its still going strong, when I was in the local B&N Today they still have the book on the Upfront special display,...more "
Feb 21, 2012 05:01pm
KateCarlisle made a comment on ONE BOOK IN THE GRAVE is available now!: "Beth wrote: "You know, with all the work you put into writing these, does it make you crazy we read them in an evening and want more???" Crazy with hap...more "
Feb 08, 2012 02:10pm
KateCarlisle added a status update: Benjamin Franklin is 65 years old, and I'm only 35% of the way through the biography? How old did this man live to be?!?!?! (Took a break to read People Magazine. Sue me... Heidi Klum and Seal are important, too.)
Feb 02, 2012 06:49am · like 1 like · see status
KateCarlisle made a comment on Contest! Contest! Contest!: "Penney wrote: "Thank you for your contest I love your books! Penney" Thank YOU, Penney! That's so good to hear! "
Jan 31, 2012 11:33am

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Quotes by Kate Carlisle

“Men were good for one thing only. Killing spiders. Other than that, I was on my own. It was sad though. Where was the chivalry of yesteryear?”
― Kate Carlisle, Homicide In Hardcover

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“I had to say it gave me a warm feeling to picture Meredith Winslow spending twenty years or so in an ill fitting orange jumpsuit, cozying up to a great big girl named Beulah”
― Kate Carlisle, Homicide In Hardcover

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“So how's the putrid pile of caca doing?”
― Kate Carlisle, Homicide In Hardcover

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Time to vote for our May books. Amy has narrowed the choices to four books and is making us do the rest :)
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Homicide In Hardcover Kate Carlisle

20 votes, 44.4%

Pick Your Poison Leann Sweeney

12 votes, 26.7%

Tressed to Kill Lila Dare

7 votes, 15.6%

It Takes a Witch Heather Blake

6 votes, 13.3%

45 total votes

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