The Bookwoman's Last Fling

Name: The Bookwoman's Last Fling
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: John Dunning
ISBN: 9781440798764

Author: John Dunning

Series: Cliff Janeway Bookman #5

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 10 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/16/2008

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

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. When wealthy horse trainer H. R. Geiger dies, Denver bookman Cliff Janeway encounters the legacy of the man's wife, Candice, a true bookwoman who left behind an assortment of rare first-edition children's books. Sent to assess the collection, Janeway soon finds that several titles are missing, replaced by cheap reprints -- while other hugely expensive pieces remain. 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. Eavesdropping on the chatter among the hands, he doesn't like what he hears. And when he goes to the house where Candice died to look for answers, Janeway finds much more than he bargained for.

About John Dunning

John Dunning (1942–2023) revealed book collecting’s most shocking secrets in his bestselling series of crime novels featuring Cliff Janeway: Booked to Die, which won the prestigious Nero Wolfe Award; The Bookman’s Wake, a New York Times Notable Book; and the New York Times bestsellers The Bookman’s Promise, The Sign of the Book, and The Bookwoman’s Last Fling. He also wrote the Edgar Award–nominated Deadline, The Holland Suggestions, and Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime. An expert on rare and collectible books, he owned the Old Algonquin Bookstore in Denver for many years.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Harry on August 19, 2014

John Dunning's Cliff Janeway series ranks among my top favorites in mystery/detective series. When I think of Dunning an inevitable comparison takes place in my little grey cells: if you like Dick Francis you will love John Dunning. Why the comparison? What I often find delightful in fiction is not......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on September 30, 2018

This hardcover is 337 pp from Scribner, 2006 Library Loan (not 500 pp) I have not read the Janeway books in order, so I am missing a bit of background info with regard to his relationship with Erin, his lawyer partner in the Denver bookstore. Otherwise, not a real problem in reading this as stand alo......more

Goodreads review by Benjamin on August 19, 2014

I had been putting off reading this one for quite a while because I knew it was the last (so far) novel by John Dunning and of the Bookman series. To be honest I had also put it off a little due to many reviews that said it just wasn't quite up to the standards of the previous novels in the series. M......more

Goodreads review by David on August 30, 2010

Dunning does a great job re-creating the environment found around a racetrack. In this case, a major portion of the bookman's snooping takes place at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco area and Santa Anita in Los Angeles. Dunning does a WONDERFUL job of describing racetrack life, horses, people who w......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on November 27, 2007

Like the other Goodreads reviewers who commented on this book, I really enjoyed John Dunnings previous books---what could be more compelling for a mystery fan and avid reader than a good suspense story centered around books? This novel is entertaining, but wasn't as interesting to me as Dunning's oth......more