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Title: Booked to Die by John Dunning ISBN: 0-7434-1065-3 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 26 December, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.32 (56 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Booked To Win!
Comment: Cliff Janeway starts out as a Denver cop who loves books and winds up in this page-turner as an owner of a rare bookstore who doesn't forget his policing skills. The murders here all have to do with people in the book collecting business so booklovers get a double treat here. Although they are treated to a first class mystery, just as important is page after page of valuable information about collecting first editions. Ms. McKinley, whom Janeway has the hots for, remarks that when you buy "something unique, and pay twice what it's worth, it's a great bargain." And one of my favorite passages is about the worth of a good book. Ruby, a store-owner says: "A book has always cost about what a meal in a good restaurant costs. . . I get sick of hearing how expensive books are. Which would you rather have, a good book or a tender steak? I know what I'd take, seven days a week." I do not know one book lover who would disagree with that statement.
Mr. Dunning wastes no time in weighing in on the ongoing debate of "popular" fiction (Stephen King novels) versus the works of writers like Faulkner and Hemingway. (Remember the controversy over King's being given an award at last year's National Book Award Awards?) Janeway opines: "What the hell do I know? I sure can't explain it when a book like SALEM'S LOT goes from $10 to almost $1,000 in ten years. That's half again what a near-perfect GRAPES OF WRATH will bring, if you neeed a point of reference."
Oh, back to the story-- the plot twists and turns with surprise after surprise, right up to the last sentence of the novel.
I believe this one is a collectible.
Rating: 5
Summary: Murder for a book? Supercop understands.
Comment: What could make a small-time bookscout a murder target?
Cliff Janeway is a Denver supercop who loves rare books
like Lt. Morse loves opera. As mysterious deaths haunt the
Denver rare book trade Janeway makes the unlikely transition
from burnt-out detective to bookshop owner. A gripping plot,
believable characters and plenty of rare book lore will have
you racing to the conclusion of this mystery and,
inevitably, on to the sequel, The Bookman's Wake. Janeway's
passion for collectible books will inspire many readers to
daydream about opening a bookstore of their own and will
likely lead others to seek out Nicholas Basbanes' 1995
comprehensive history of book collecting, A Gentle Madness.
Rating: 5
Summary: great Stuff for the Mystery/Bilbiophile Buff (Like Me)!~
Comment: Here we have a nice tour thru the used book district of beautiful Denver, with one awful character, and many others of more than usual interest. Some nice tricks of the book trade also, though some of the values and tips are really dated with the internet now available. Still, this one's guaranteed to give you an intellectual and creepy ride, and is not to be missed!
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Title: The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning ISBN: 0671567829 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Bookman's Promise : A Cliff Janeway Novel by John Dunning ISBN: 0743249925 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 09 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: DEADLINE by John Dunning ISBN: 0671003526 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning ISBN: 074340615X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The HOLLAND SUGGESTIONS : A Novel by John Dunning ISBN: 0671003534 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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