The Cliff Janeway Series: Booked to Die (Series #1) (Hardcover)

from Cecilturtle

A cleverly designed murder mystery set in the world of books, what caught my interest wasn't so much the plot (which ends up a bit far fetched with its twists and turns) but the description of a unique industry set in time. In this edition, the author describes a world of books and commerce that ...

from SandyLee

Cliff Janeway is a police detective in Denver with a hobby in book collecting. Besides trying to solve the murder of a bookman, he is also saddled with an old nemesis whose series of crimes Janeway just can't pin on him. Jackie Newton likes to beat up women and when Janeway has had enough, he put...

from FicusFan

Another RL book group read. It is a mystery and the start of a series about a Denver police officer who is also interested in collecting books. The mystery/murder is also involved with books, and there is interesting information about book collecting. Unfortunately, I have no interest in, or unde...

from Kordo

"Booked To Die" is not your usual detective novel, but then again, the main character, Cliff Janeway is not your usual detective. The book follows our plucky protagonist as he investigates the brutal murder of a local book scout. Cliff, who besides being a book collector is a police detective, qu...

from Cecilturtle

A cleverly designed murder mystery set in the world of books, what caught my interest wasn't so much the plot (which ends up a bit far fetched with its twists and turns) but the description of a unique industry set in time. In this edition, the author describes a world of books and commerce that ...