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Cliff Janeway is back! *The Bookman's Promise* marks the eagerly awaited return of Denver bookman-author John Dunning and the award-winning crime novel series that helped to turn the nation on to first-edition book collecting.First, it was *Booked to Die,* then *The Bookman's Wake.* Now John Dunning fans, old and new, will rejoice in *The Bookman's Promise,* a richly nuanced new Janeway novel that juxtaposes past and present as Denver ex-cop and bookman Cliff Janeway searches for a book and a killer. The quest begins when an old woman, Josephine Gallant, learns that Janeway has recently bought at auction a signed first edition by the legendary nineteenth-century explorer Richard Francis Burton. The book is a true classic, telling of Burton's journey (disguised as a Muslim) to the forbidden holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The Boston auction house was a distinguished and trustworthy firm, but provenance is sometimes murky and Josephine says the book is rightfully hers. She believes that her grandfather, who was living in Baltimore more than eighty years ago, had a fabulous collection of Burton material, including a handwritten journal allegedly detailing Burton's undercover trip dee

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Author

Dunning, John

Publisher

Scribner

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780743476294

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller, Mystery