The Sign of the Book, John Dunning
The Sign of the Book, John Dunning
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The Sign of the Book

Author: John Dunning

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/16/2009

Synopsis

Ex-policeman and rare books dealer Cliff Janeway travels to remote Paradise , Colorado , where cops and crooks alike are as infernal as the weather. Janeway has agreed to help Laura Marshall, a friend of his bookstore partner, who's accused of murdering her husband. While Janeway tries to gather the facts, he pulls long shifts standing watch over the Marshall home, filled with books signed by their celebrity authors. When a shifty pair of alleged book dealers turns up, and Janeway begins to suspect that Laura's son is hiding critical information, the case becomes a maze of clues and increasing danger.

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 Bev on April 01, 2018

Full disclosure: I bought John Dunning's The Sign of the Book as an audio book on CD specifically so I would have an author I'd read and enjoyed before available the next time I needed/wanted to make a road trip up north to see my parents. That happened in early March and I popped the first CD in an......more

Goodreads review by Kasa on March 29, 2017

Cliff Janeway, John Dunning's ex-cop bookstore owner, works on yet another murder that utilizes his knowledge of what makes a book valuable, in this case, signed books. As with Dick Francis, Dunning has crafted mysteries around a subject not usually associated with crime, imparting much information......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on March 10, 2017

A mystery novel by an author who is also a book dealer, a protagonist who is an ex-cop with expertise in rare books, a murder victim who is a bibliophile and whose library may or may not contain valuable autographed copies, some unsavory characters dealing in books with forged signatures...what more......more

Goodreads review by Valentina "TinchyB" on July 13, 2014

I really needed little break from all those romance novels I've been reading in the past few months. So,when I took this one,I just knew it that I wouldn't be disappointed! I really love all Cliff Janeway books so this one wasn't exception! Big 5 stars!......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on November 28, 2021

The Sign of the Book by John Dunning is the 4th in the Bookman series starring Cliff Janeway. I love this series for two reasons – they are terrific mysteries and all the information about book selling and book collecting. Cliff Janeway used to be a Denver cop, but now owns a bookstore in a seedy se......more

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