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Booked to Die, 1
Contributor(s): Dunning, John (Author)
ISBN: 0684193833     ISBN-13: 9780684193830
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
OUR PRICE:   $25.20  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 1992
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
- Fiction | Thrillers - Crime
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 91026889
Series: Cliff Janeway Novels (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mountains
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Colorado
 
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Publisher Description:
First in the Cliff Janeway series from national bestselling author John Dunning.

Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he is an avid collector of rare and first editions. After a local book scout is killed on his turf, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspect's spine. 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.

Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshop--all the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. But when prized volumes in a highly sought-after collection begin to appear, so do dead bodies. Now, Janeway's life is about to start a precarious new chapter as he attempts to find out who's dealing death along with vintage Chandlers and Twains.

Contributor Bio(s): Dunning, John: - John Dunning has revealed some of book collecting's most shocking secrets in his bestselling series of crime novels featuring Cliff Janeway: Booked to Die, which won the prestigious Nero Wolfe award; The Bookman's Wake, a New York Times Notable Book; and the New York Times bestsellers The Bookman's Promise, The Sign of the Book, and The Bookwoman's Last Fling. He is also the author of the Edgar Award-nominated Deadline, The Holland Suggestions, and Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime. An expert on rare and collectible books, he owned the Old Algonquin Bookstore in Denver for many years. He lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit OldAlgonquin.com.