BACKSTORY: The Story Behind IF BOOKS COULD KILL, by Kate Carlisle

It's not often that a debut novel hits the New York Times best-seller list, but that's exactly what happened in March 2009 to OCC/RWA member Kate Carlisle's HOMICIDE IN HARDCOVER. RT Book Reviews praised Carlisle's "delightfully eccentric character" and "droll dialogue," and called heroine Brooklyn Wainwright "brilliant, feisty and funny."

This month, Signet released the second book in Carlisle's Bibliophile Mystery series – IF LOOKS COULD KILL – and she has generously agreed to talk about...