Booked to Die

Booked to Die, the first book in John Dunnings 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).Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but hes an avid collector of rare and first editions. 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. When Bobby is murdered, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspects spine. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton, is a master at eluding the law, and Janeways wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge. Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshopall the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. When prized volumes in a highly sought-after collection begin to appear, so do dead bodies. Now Janeways life is about to change in profound and shocking ways as he attempts to find out whos dealing death along with vintage Chandlers and Twains. One of the most enjoyable books Ive read (The Denver Post), Booked to Die is the first in the Cliff Janeway series. It is a standout piece of crime fictionCompelling page-turning stuff (The Philadelphia Inquirer).