Originally published in hardcover in 1992 - Charles Scribner's Sons
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I cannot imagine how Dunning ran this idea by his agent: I want to write a book about a kick-butt bad-ass Denver detective who opens a successful antiquarian bookstore AND gets the ladies. But that's all history and here's the start of a successful mystery series.
Anyway, I am not a huge mystery genre fan, but I am a fan of the book collecting arts so I gave this a shot. I am so happy I did and I cannot wait to read the rest in the series.
Amazon description - 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.
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