If Books Could Kill

This is the 2nd installment in Kate Carlisle's "Biblophile Mysteries;" see also my post on the first one, Homicide in Hard Cover,  in which we meet protagonist and rare book restorer, Brooklyn Wainwright. Brooklyn is excited to be attending the Edinburgh Book Fair and presenting a couple of seminars on recognizing fraudulent books and how to restore books. While at a local pub, one of her ex-boyfriends, Kyle McVee, shows up with a tantalizing tale about uncovering a manuscript that could change the world's view of Robert Burns and throw the orderly succession of the British monarchy into chaos. He wants Brooklyn to authenticate the manuscript for him and she agrees to at least have a look, storing it safely in her hotel's safe.  When she goes out with a friend/colleague, Helen, for a walking tour of the historic city, their first stop is an old basement tenement with a dead body in it--Kyle's!  Helen completely breaks down and Brooklyn learns she was secretly engaged to Kyle; Helen and Brooklyn are both shocked when a woman claiming to be Kyle's wife turns up at the funeral. The police at first suspect Brooklyn, but there are plenty of suspects and she is determined to clear her name, find the real killer and hopefully figure out the authenticity of the manuscript. Of course the handsome love interest, Derek, is still in the picture and Brooklyn's parents show up in the company of Brooklyn's best friend Robin from home, who is going to take them to some of the spiritual sites of Scotland. And never to be left out is Brooklyn's nemesis, Minka LaBoeuf, who is constantly trying to throw Brooklyn under the bus. All in all an entertaining read set in one of my favorite cities.