BOOKED TO DIE

Book ID/图书代码： 05B01147

English Summary/英文概要： Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he is an avid collector of rare and first editions. After a local bookscout is killed on his turf, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspect’s spine. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton, is a master at eluding the law, and Janeway’s wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge.

Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshop -- all the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. But when prized volumes in a highly sought-after collection begin to appear, so do dead bodies. Now, Janeway’s life is about to start a precarious new chapter as he attempts to find out who’s dealing death along with vintage Chandlers and Twains.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Booked to die，二十世紀最經典的100部懸疑小說之一。曾經刺激過兩億五千萬歐美讀者的堅強神經，使他們欲罷不能的Cliff Janeway探案系列的第一部。
忠於職守的員警游走于法律邊緣,努力維護心中的正義,去沒有維護他自己。他的努力看不到結果，他的懷疑讓愛人離去，他為正義所做的一切，只是讓自己背上了巨額的訴訟費用。他試圖重新創業，開了一家小小的書店，活潑可愛的女雇員卻被槍殺在洗手間裏。從那天起，他再次成了一名員警,然而這一次,他沒有警徽……(Ruby)

Awards/获奖情况：獲93年Nero Wolfe award、Dilys award，入選IMBA20世紀百大推理

Dunning, twice nominated for the Edgar (a pair of paperbacks), deserves to win one for this Denver cop-turned-bookman tale--a lively, seductive primer on how to open a bookstore, spot a first edition, warehouse it, price it, and enjoy it for its own sake. Cliff Janeway quits the force when he is suspended pending the outcome of brutality charges brought by his nemesis, Jackie Newton. Long a collector and frequenter of Denver’s Book Row, Janeway rents space, hires the charmingly efficient Miss Pride as his assistant, and opens Twice Told Books. And, on his own time, works on a case that the Denver force has no leads on: the murder of book scout Bobby Westfall. As Janeway goes deeper and deeper into the book business, he manages to pinpoint Bobby’s last day--the book dealers he sold to, the collector he bought from, and the big score he was double-crossed out of. Then a book-scout friend of Bobby’s and the estimable Miss Pride are executed at Twice Told Books, and Janeway ups his investigative pace, which involves meetings (and romance) with a highly secretive rare-book dealer; scrutiny of a collection appraisal; and schmoozing with the owners along Book Row, until an alibi, like some book spines, cracks. Janeway, who can be tough, sensitive, and passionate, is a credible hero, both as cop and as book-lover. Moreover, the mystery holds its own with the atmospherics. Happily for fans, Dunning, a rare-book dealer himself, plans further Janeway books. ---From Kirkus Reviews

Denver cop and rare book collector Cliff Janeway is introduced in this engrossing whodunit from two-time Edgar nominee Dunning. ---From Publishers Weekly

About the Author/作者介绍： JOHN DUNNING is the author of two Cliff Janeway mysteries:BOOKED TO DIE,which won the prestigious Nero Wolfe award,and The Bookman’s Wake,which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.His other novels include the Edgar Award-nominated Deadline as well as The Holland Suggestions,all of which are available from Pocket Books.A full-time writer and book dealer,he owned the Old Algonquin Bookstore in Denver for ten years. John Dunning is also a radio historian and a former radio show host.His enthusiasm for the world of radio informs his latest Scribner hardcover,Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime.He lives in Denver with his family.
約翰•頓寧在他的Cliff Janeway探案系列中，揭露了許多珍書收藏的驚人秘密。他的這個系列屢獲殊榮。Booked to Die獲尼祿沃爾夫獎；The Bookman’s Wake為1995年紐約時報好書推薦；另外的3本The Bookman’s Promise, The Sign of the Book, The Bookwoman’s Last Fling也都暢銷紐約時報排行榜。約翰•頓寧的其他作品包括The Holland Suggestions(愛德格獎提名), Two O’Clock, Eastern Wartime。他是珍本書的收藏專家，多年來在丹佛經營著Old Algonquin Bookstore書店。同時，約翰也是美國無線電史的專家，著有On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio一書。

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