Publishers Weekly (starred review) Crisp, direct prose and nearly pitch-perfect dialogue enhance this meticulously detailed page-turner.
It's intelligently written the action is bafflingly logical the reader learns something, and it's got a sucker punch of a finale. Mystery Scene realistic.Fascinating and utterly convincing.A suspenseful, well-crafted mystery that should keep readers guessing right up to the closing paragraph. United Press International Very credible.An involved tale that satisfies the mystery reader's wants. San Francisco Chronicle Fascinating.Assured and muscular prose.Very cannily and creepily, Dunning shows how quiet men with civilized tastes can turn into killers.The payoff, in pleasure, is for the reader. No one.can fail to be delighted by the sort of folkloric advice Janeway carries with him.
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Irresistible.An outstanding novel.īoston Sunday Globe I am.an unabashed admirer of John Dunning's Booked to Die. The Philadephia Inquirer A standout piece of crime fiction.Compelling page-turning stuff. The Denver Post A knockout.One of the most enjoyable books I've read in a long time. And when he goes to the house where Candice died to look for answers, Janeway finds much more than he bargained for.New York Times Book Review A joy to read. The books often lean towards the hard-boiled genre but they do not go. Eavesdropping on the chatter among the hands, he doesn't like what he hears. The name Cliff Janeway refers to a series of mystery novels written by John Dunning. Why would a thief take one priceless book and leave an equally valuable volume on the shelf? Suspecting foul play, Janeway follows the trail of Candice's shadowy past to California's Golden Gate and Santa Anita racetracks, where he signs on as a racehorse hot walker. Sent to assess the collection, Janeway soon finds that several titles are missing, replaced by cheap reprints - while other hugely expensive pieces remain. Geiger dies, Denver bookman Cliff Janeway encounters the legacy of the man's wife, Candice, a true book woman who left behind an assortment of rare first-edition children's books. In another enthralling bestseller by "master yarn spinner" John Dunning, rare book dealer and relentless private eye Cliff Janeway unravels a deadly plot marked by stolen classics and stable secrets.
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