The Bookman's Wake: A Cliff Janeway Novel.

New York: Pocket Star / Pocket Books, 2005. 1st Australian printing ed.. Paperback small trade, good condition, pages lightly toned, light creases covers, minor edgewear. 332 pp. Crime fiction novel by John Dunning about a Denver policeman named Cliff Janeway who is now a bookseller. This is a story about a very special book. Janeway is encouraged by a former police colleague into going to Seattle to bring back a fugitive wanted for assault, burglary, and the possible theft of a priceless edition of Edgar Alla Poe's 'The Raven'. The bail jumper is a vulnerable young woman Eleanor Rigby, who is also a gifted book binder. The rare volume is surrounded by a deadly history, and when Eleanor escapes and disappears, Cliff must find her and unravel the secrets of the book's past and its mysterious maker before another death happens. (No 2 in the Bookman series. This copy: Printed in Australia by Griffin Press.).