But the connection to Erin extends well beyond Marshall's library: the victim was Erin's first real love, and his wife, Laura (who confessed to the crime when she was found at the scene, covered in blood), was her former best friend. ), Janeway is sent, by his lover and partner, criminal defense attorney Erin D'Angelo, to the mountain town of Paradise, Colo., to look into the murder of Robert Marshall, a mysterious figure with a massive collection of signed first editions. In this fine fourth volume in the series (after 2004's The Bookman's Promise But it's the sure hand with which Dunning renders him (and a large cast of other characters) that makes the Bookman novels so compulsively readable.

It is “a standout piece of crime fiction…Compelling page-turning stuff” ( The Philadelphia Inquirer).ġst edition, 4th printing dust jacket shows minor wear small closed tear at top of front cover on flap side navy cloth over blue boards lettering on spine in metallic blue binding good text clean.As an antiquarian book dealer and sometime private investigator, Cliff Janeway is unique in contemporary crime fiction, and no doubt that accounts for a good part of his popularity among the book community. “One of the most enjoyable books I’ve read” ( The Denver Post), Booked to Die is the first in the Cliff Janeway series. Now Janeway’s life is about to change in profound and shocking ways as he attempts to find out who’s dealing death along with vintage Chandlers and Twains. When prized volumes in a highly sought-after collection begin to appear, so do dead bodies. Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshop-all the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton, is a master at eluding the law, and Janeway’s wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge. When Bobby is murdered, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspect’s spine. Bobby Westfall is a local bookscout, a gentle and quiet man who has sold enough valuable books to keep himself and his cats fed and housed. Booked to Die, the first book in John Dunning’s bestselling, award-winning Cliff Janeway series, is “a joy to read for its wealth of inside knowledge about the antiquarian book business and its eccentric traders” ( The New York Times Book Review).ĭenver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he’s an avid collector of rare and first editions.

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