The Bookman's Wake (Cliff Janeway Novels)
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  • John Dunning, The Bookman's Wake
  • MY GOD WILL IT NEVER END!? WHAT A TANGLED WEB
  • A poor follow up to a book I really enjoyed
  • Enthralling
The Bookman's Wake (Cliff Janeway Novels)
John Dunning
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The sequel to the popular Booked to Die. Cliff Janeway, Denver cop-turned-book-dealer, finds himself chasing down a charming young fugitive named Eleanor Rigby, who has stolen a rare copy of Poe's "The Raven" for reasons of her own. Trouble follows, and Eleanor disappears into a city filled with people who want the book, and don't care what they have to do to get it. Stuffed with fascinating book lore, this mystery is a bibliophile's dream.

Book Description

Denver cop-turned-bookdealer Cliff Janeway is lured by an enterprising fellow ex-policeman into going to Seattle to bring back a fugitive wanted for assault, burglary, and the possible theft of a priceless edition of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." The bail jumper turns out to be a vulnerable young woman calling herself Eleanor Rigby, who is also a gifted book finder.

Janeway is intrigued by the woman -- and by the deadly history surrounding the rare volume. Hunted by people willing to kill for the antique tome, a terrified Eleanor escapes and disappears. To find her -- and save her -- Janeway must unravel the secrets of the book's past and its mysterious maker, for only then can he stop the hand of death from turning another page....

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Another strong entry in a great series.......2007-09-22

I absolutely loved the first book in this series and could hardly wait to read this second one. It' good, but it wasn't quite as magical for me as the first. Part of the problem was that I had figured out the murderer about half-way through. But Dunning is a marvelous writer, and Janeway is great character! He's a no-nonsense, honest as they come, straight-up guy, and I love reading how he handles difficult situations. In this book he agrees to pick up a bail skip and take her to New Mexico for trial, but finds himself in a hornet's nest in Seattle while he gets to know and like the girl. We have lots of book lore, and tons of information about book publishing. For a bibliophile like me, that was wonderful! And Janeway is a real treat! This is a great and wonderful series. The kind that you don't see come around all that often.

4 out of 5 stars John Dunning, The Bookman's Wake.......2006-11-10

Excellent and captivating reading material. One of those relaxing experiences with a solid author who knows the background from which he writes and brings life to his story. A solid read.

2 out of 5 stars MY GOD WILL IT NEVER END!? WHAT A TANGLED WEB.......2006-09-20

I just finished Bookman's Wake. I wanted to like it a lot, but that didn't prove possible. The story roams all over the place, characters appear, vanish without comment and reappear. And characters there are galore! There must be about 500 main characters...well, perhaps I overstate that. There are many, many characters whose names appear once and then are brought up again 50 pages later. We are expected to remember who they are and how they fit in. Some of them are very important to the story, but I couldn't remember who they were. My husband had the same problem. We kept asking each other "Who's ---?" "Is she the woman who....?" "I don't know, maybe she's ---."

This book has some thrilling parts and interesting parts, but the whole is just a mishmash. There are also stanzas of a clunky poem fashioned after Poe's The Raven. It attempts to set out clues and character descriptions while remaining a credible poem and succeeds at neither.

I loved the beginning 100 pages or so and then it fell apart. I kept reading to the end, hoping to have some sense made of the thing, but one of the most interesting characters just fades away 3/4 of the way through and that's that.

This guy wrote one of my favorite mysteries, Deadline, so I was greatly disappointed with this scrambled, overwritten novel.

2 out of 5 stars A poor follow up to a book I really enjoyed.......2006-09-18

Possibly the only time I've ever made it so far into a book and then just not had the drive to finish it. I mean, here I am only a hundred pages or so from the end, 3/4 of the way though, and I'm so bored I can hardly keep my eyes open.
There are a number of problems with this sub-par sequel to the pretty damn good Booked to Die, and I'll list them here.
1.) The masculinity of Richard Grayson: This fictional printer gets more action then James Bond in three of his movies! Are we actually expected to believe that wild and beautiful woman simply through themselves at this guy over his genius of creating fonts! And since when have beautiful women ever cared about genius anyway? Some other reviewer commented that Dunning seems to be overcompensation for a lack of personal libido with this book and while I'm not sure I see evidence of that elsewhere, at least not in excess beyond the normal male mystery writer style, it really shows here.
2.) The book moves at the pace of frozen stream: Booked to die had some power, some rough narrative drive that compelled the reader onward. This book has none. The only reason I made it as far as I did was because of a previous attachments to the characters.
3.) Where is the book stuff!? Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbar series has always been a little light on book talk, considering the title character owns a used bookshop, but even the most meager of his offerings have more literary substance than the Bookman's Wake. The printing industry might be fascinating to some people, though it sure wasn't to me, but where's the rest of the stuff? The modern first edition talks, the discussions of where to find rare books. The types of people that read certain things? All of these things were in the first book and are missing from the second.
Anyway, those were my main problems, there are more smaller ones. Just be warned, everything you probably enjoyed about the first book is absent here. Don't fall into the trap, as I did, of reading the sequel just because it's there. Read Block's "the bugler who traded Ted Williams" instead. It's the best of that series. Or maybe "the Burglar in the Library," which is a sort of parody treat for classical mystery fans.
Maybe Dunning gets better later. Maybe I'll try the third book at some point, but my level of patience is going to be pretty low considering all the time I wasted with this one. 300 pages...sheesh!

5 out of 5 stars Enthralling.......2006-09-11

The Bookman's Wake continues the excellent series. Several of the reviews point out the similarity to Ross McDonald and I agree. The multilayer approach with characters being introduced and developed continues to be exciting.

As I have read my second in the series I continue to be impressed with Mr Dunning's love of the collection of books. His stories revolve around books and he can not help but think that every positive character either does or will share his enthusiasm. This bring life to stories.

Personally I went to a library used book sale and looked carefully at the books for sale even though I did not know what I was looking for. Thank you Mr Dunning for letting my share and even in a very little way participate in your avocation.

Tonight I will start number 3 in the series.
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    Book Description

    Together for the first time in a single volume -- the two critically acclaimed Bookman crime novels that helped inspire America's passion for modern first-edition book collecting and that belong on every bookshelf.

    Includes "The Book Collector," advice and special tips from John Dunning on collecting rare books.

    BOOKED TO DIE

    Denver cop Cliff Janeway probably knows as much about books as he does about homicide. His living room resembles an adjunct to the public library. He's aware that some Stephen King first editions can bring more money than most Mark Twain firsts, and a copy of Raymond Chandler's Lady in the Lake is worth more than $1,000. And he realizes that, contrary to popular belief, "older" doesn't necessarily mean "more valuable."

    He also knows that valuable volumes can be hidden in plain view among otherwise ordinary book collections. It's not easy to find such books, but some people seem to have an extraordinary talent for honing in on the treasures.

    Such a man is bookscout Bobby Westfall. Bobby once earned $900 in a single weekend and has generally spotted enough valuable books to keep himself and his beloved cats fed and housed.

    Now Bobby is dead, murdered at the witching hour on Friday the thirteenth, his body dumped under a ladder in a dark alley. It's not a good end for a superstitious man. Janeway is sure he knows who did it. But can he catch him? And, in the process, will Janeway's own life change forever?

    THE BOOKMAN'S WAKE

    The story starts and ends, aptly, with a very special book: a 1969 edition of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, published by the tiny, prestigious Grayson Press of North Bend, Washington. The Grayson bibliography mentions no such edition. If, indeed, it exists, it could be worth a fortune to the right collector. It's the kind of book somebody might kill for. In fact, somebody probably already has.

    Ex-Denver cop Janeway is happily at work selling rare and used books when former police colleague Clydell Slater arrives with an offer. Slater runs a detective agency and he wants Janeway to go to Seattle to pick up a young female fugitive and deliver her to Taos, New Mexico. The woman is wanted for burglary and assault. More to the point, as far as Janeway's concerned, she may also have in her possession a stolen copy of the 1969 Grayson Press Raven, taken when she ransacked a Taos home.

    The rare-book angle gets to Janeway every time. He could turn down thousands of dollars in fees, but he can't say no to The Raven.

    Janeway signs on to the case because of a book, but he stays because of a vulnerable young woman. He will discover not only her painful story but the poignant tale of a once-great small press, where paper and ink became beautiful books in the hands of a master craftsman.

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Classes in Book Collecting.......2007-09-23

    While BOOKED TO DIE and it's immediate follow-up BOOKMAN'S WAKE are not particularly colorful or memorable they give the outsider painless lessons in book collecting. If you think that collectable books are only the old and battered ones, you definitely need to read these books. If you've never heard of a book scout, who knows... you may discover your next career.

    The author is a servicable writer with a disciplined style. The characters are little more than sketches. The stories about a crime-solving rare books dealer move along but not at a heart-pounding pace. The motives are based on the dynamics of book collecting -- and how dynamic can that be?

    The first is set in Denver -- the author's home town. The second is set in my home town of Seattle. Not much of a sense of the two environments emerge. It's like seeing the world from the window of a bookstore. And for some of us, that's just fine.

    4 out of 5 stars Great Diversion for Bookmen & Librarians.......2007-02-07

    Both of these detective stories have received loud kudos as genre fiction. For me the real delight is in the wealth of accurate booklore of the antiquarian book trade that they contain. The stories are certainly page-turners and tightly plotted (The Bookman's Wake is a little byzantine at times with some contrived tension-building delays). The book trade and bookstore atmosphere, however, is so authentic that the line between factual information and cleverly constructed fictional situation is intriguingly blurry!

    4 out of 5 stars John Dunning's Booked to Die and Bookman's Wake.......2006-11-10

    Dunnings style and easy reading vocabulary make his books great relaxing and interesting material. He is fast becoming one of my favorite authors and I highly recommend his work.

    4 out of 5 stars Good Stories.......2006-07-27

    I've always loved being told or reading good stories, and these are good ones.

    5 out of 5 stars A Great Intro to the "Bookman" series.......2006-07-11

    I was told about Dunning's mystery series by a good friend -- and fellow book lover -- and found this omnibus edition of the first two novels a great way to get a feel for the author's storytelling skills (they're remarkable), the main character's back story (it's quite interesting), and read two interesting mysteries involving one of my favorite pastimes -- browsing for treasures in used bookstores. Dunning is obviously quite knowledgeable about the used book market, and he has written a gritty, engrossing, and at times amusing account of the trials and travails of Cliff Janeway, a former cop turned used book seller. If you are in anyway interested in books -- as a reader and as a collector -- this series is sure to please and certain to provide hours of edification of the fine, wonderful, world of owning collectable books.

    About these two novels . . .
    Dunning's first novel, Booked to Die introduces us to his indominable lead character, Cliff Janeway. He's a tough, honest, principled cop in Denver who has a passion for collecting books and a long-standing personal vendetta against a local thug, Jackie Newton. When a local vagrant is found beaten to death, Jackie Newton appears to be the most likely suspect, but Janeway finds he's unable prove anything. After a violent clash with Newton, Janeway realizes that his career as a cop is over, and decides to open a used bookstore. Janeway is happy and even hires a young woman to be his assistant, Miss Pride. But, his comfortable complaciency is suddenly shattered when Janeway discovers Miss Pride and a ne'r-do-well bookscout summarily executed in his store, and he's certain that Newton's behind it.
    In a good mystery, nothing is ever as simple as it seems on page 200 . . . By the end of the novel, Janeway cleverly discovers who was behind the brutal deaths of three people and why, and even more importantly, he has won this reader's admiration as a top-notch, cop-turned-bookseller that you want to get to know even better.
    Which is why this volume is such a treat. Finish one novel and there's a second one immediately after it. In The Bookman's Wake, Janeway must stay several steps ahead of a murderous thug who is after a previously unknown rare, limited edition of The Raven, by Edgar A. Poe. This novel is a vivd portrayal of genius turn to murderous hubris. The high-stakes risks taken by Janeway and his associates are duly rewarded in the end, and the reader of this novel will be, too.
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      3 Book Set By John Dunning; Booked to Die; the Bookman's Wake; the Bookman's Promise
      John Dunning
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        John Dunning
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                  Customer Reviews:

                  5 out of 5 stars A fascinating new land.......2007-06-12

                  I admit that I really did NOT like the stories related to New Kelvin (the previous two books). But, I found Liglimom and the related adventures to be fascinating and engaging.

                  I find myself comparing Jane's world and character descriptions very favorably to Robert Jordon -- without Robert's tendancy to fill chapters (and books) with meaningless plot distractions.

                  The lands and their people feel real. The people talk, look, and THINK differently from each other.

                  I'm going to miss these characters while we wait for the next book.

                  5 out of 5 stars A Broadening of Horizons.......2006-11-20

                  Wolf Captured (2004) is the fourth fantasy novel in the Wolf series, following The Dragon of Despair. In the previous volume, Firekeeper was called by the Dragon and arrived midway through Melinda's incantation. While the others fought those enchanted by Melinda, Firekeeper, Citrine and Grateful Peace spoke to the Dragon.

                  After explaining the costs of commanding the Dragon to Citrine, Grateful Peace used the Dragon's correct name and ensorcelled the beast to himself. Melinda tried to attack him and Firekeeper permanently removed her from the scene. Even Citrine didn't object to the killing. Later Grateful Peace sent the Dragon back to its original environment and adopted Citrine as his daughter.

                  In this novel, strangers lure Firekeeper, Blind Seer and Derian from a public dance, capture them, and take them down the river to the sea. Firekeeper frees herself from her cage and breaks the chains and cage holding Derian and Blind Seer. Then they overcome their kidnappers, but the nearest ship holds more intruders and swiftly overtakes the riverboat. The three of them have little choice other than surrender.

                  One of those aboard the ship is Waln Endbrook, who has no love for the threesome, and a few other Islander sailors. The ship, however, is commanded and manned by members of an unknown colony far south of Bright Haven. As the ship sails south, Firekeeper and Derian are allowed to give their parole and taught some of the language of the foreign colony by Harjeedian, an interpreter of snakes, and Barnet, a former minstrel in the Islander Navy.

                  When the ship reaches Liglim, Firekeeper learns about the yarimaimalom, the Wise Beasts, who are the equivalent of the Royal Beasts such as Blind Seer. Yet these intelligent animals are much more integrated into Liglimom society. They had been hunted by the Old Country masters to use as sacrifices to the Deities. But the Divine Retribution of fever and death drove out the masters and forever changed the relationships between Liglimom and yarimaimalom.

                  The yarimaimalom are now seen as speakers for the Deities, but the disdum who interpret for the yarimaimalom don't always understand their meanings. Since the Liglimom first learned of Firekeeper, they have sought her out to teach them to speak with the yarimaimalom. Still, Firekeeper doesn't think that she can teach them to talk to the Wise Beasts in the way that she does.

                  In this story, Firekeeper and Blind Seer meet Truth, a jaguar who divines the futures by swimming through the possibilities. Truth tells her of Misheemnekuru, the Sanctuary Islands, where many of the yarimaimalom live and keep watch against the return of the masters from the Old Country. Soon Firekeeper and Blind Seer are on their way to Misheemnekuru to meet the Wise wolves.

                  Meanwhile, Derian meets Varjuna, the chief keeper of the Horses, and exchanges tales of horses and their care. Soon he is visiting u-Bishinti, the main stables of Liglim. There he is introduced to Varjuna's family. He is also offered a ride by Eshinarvash, a Wise Horse. Derian is thorough enchanted by the experience.

                  Derian receives another ride by Eshinarvash to meet a jaguar and a puma who have something for him to see. Outside the main city, hidden in jungle, is a short ziggurat being used to sacrifice animals to the Deities. After witnessing these sacrifices, Derian starts a conspiracy to destroy this cult.

                  This story broadens Firekeeper's experiences with humans and Beasts. She also learns something about herself and about her family. She even meets someone who knew her father and mother.

                  Highly recommended for Lindskold fans and for anyone else who enjoys tales of intelligent animals, feral children, and magic.

                  -Arthur W. Jordin

                  5 out of 5 stars The series keeps getting better and better.......2006-04-18

                  I love the Firekeeper series and this book has to be one of my favorite books from it. The storyline and the characters are amazing. This book is definitely a page turner and it will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very end. Jane Lindskold is one of my favorite authors and I can't wait to read Wolf Hunting.

                  4 out of 5 stars The Best Firekeeper Book Yet!.......2006-03-20

                  As a recent fan of Jane Lindskold's tales of the wolf-girl Firekeeper, I was impressed by the engaging manner in which this novel, the fourth in the saga, began. In contrast to the preceding novels, Wolf Captured begins in the midst of action and intrigue, and the reader's heart races from the very first sentence. Although, due to the nature of the story, some well-known, well-loved characters are sadly absent, Lindskold more than makes up for this by introducing us to new and interesting characters, both human and Beast.

                  Once again, we find ourselves in the midst of a battle involving magic, political intrigue, strange cultures, and, of course, new friends among the Royal Beasts! New relationships are established between human and Beast. Questions about Firekeeper's mysterious past are answered. Once again, the reader is left panting for more.

                  Jane Lindskold is one of the best storytellers in modern Fantasy, and this is one of her best works!

                  5 out of 5 stars Captured My Heart.......2006-03-18

                  Ok that was kinda corny, but I really loved this book. I loved the previous books from this series, but what I really loved about this one is that it seems like without all the other characters (Elise, Doc, Edlin, etc) you really get a chance to enjoy Firekeeper, Blind Seer, and Derian. In the other books there's alot of jumping around from one character's perspective to another's. There is still some of that in this book, but it's mostly focused on Firekeeper and Blind Seer, and Derian. In this book, we finally get a chance to delve deeper into Firekeeper's and Blind Seer's relationship. I can go on and on about this book, but suffice it to say that it's exciting, poignant, funny, and I definitely recommend it.

                  -Just as a side note Rahniseeta got on my nerves. She was too melodramatic and .... needy/weaker/self-absorbed (?). She wasn't anything like Firekeeper and Elise and Wendee Jay and Sapphire, which is probably a good thing because it is a change but unlike other readers I wasn't disappointed with what happens in the end. I'm not saying what because I don't believe in ruining the story for others. So finally...ENJOY!!!!
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                  4 out of 5 stars Unexpectedly enjoyable.......2001-11-16

                  Anyone who's seen reviews I've written of other anthologies might be expecting a poor review here. But actually, not in this case. For once, I seem to have stumbled across an anthology in which the individual novellas are all very readable, enjoyable, and which suit the format of a shorter length. This is particularly surprising in the case of this anthology, in which all stories are about 70 pages long.

                  Three of my favourite writers are in this five-author anthology, which might have contributed to my enjoyment - but then Putney and Layton's novellas are not set in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century England, which is the setting I'm used to from them.

                  There is something of a theme to the collection, in that four out of five stories concern men who are or who appear to be rogues, and who reform right under the heroine's nose. MJP's contribution, set in Texas a hundred or so years ago, sees a condemned man being taken to hang for murder. Along the way, a young woman - who, it turns out, might have good reason to hate him - takes pity on him and they spend one unforgettable night together. But he's condemned to die, so how can they have a future?

                  Joan Wolf, an author I've never encountered before, sets her story, The Antagonists, in Regency England; the hero and heroine are cousins who grew up together. I would normally have wanted much more to this story, but Wolf uses an interesting technique. The story is told in first person, from the heroine's POV. And since Dinah starts off by telling us how spoilt and nasty her cousin Thorn (the Earl of Thornton) is, we're led off on quite a misleading track. (Although Dinah does reveal that she has a tendency to exaggerate!)

                  Layton's contribution, Buried Treasure, was the disappointment in this collection for me. A pirate narrowly survives a murder attempt and recovers in the house of a beautiful young woman whose seduction he plots. Unfortunately, for reasons related to both his behaviour towards her and to his fellow pirates, I couldn't come to like Dancer at all, and wouldn't want to re-read this novella.

                  Next was Patricia Rice, also new to me; her tale, Fathers and Daughters, covers the well-worn subject-matter of an impoverished suitor who was turned away by the heroine's father. Carolyn also believes that Jack accepted money from her father to walk away from her. Now that he's back, can he possibly convince her that he wasn't only interested in her money, and that he wasn't paid to reject her?

                  Finally, Mary Balogh's Precious Rogue. This is a lovely story, told with Balogh's great skill; Patricia, the poor relation who is effectively her aunt's slave, has no great opinion of her cousin's suitor, Mr Bancroft. After all, the man is an unprincipled rake, and - although no-one else seems to notice - during Patricia's aunt's house party Bancroft conducts clandestine affairs with at least three women. But what Patricia can't ignore is the fact that he is *nice* to her. And she enjoys their verbal fencing... too much for her own good. After all, he's going to marry her cousin...

                  This one is certainly worth a look.

                  4 out of 5 stars Repeats.......1999-08-13

                  The stories are good, but have all been published before. According to the Copyright page "The Antagonist" by Joan Wolf and "Fathers and Daughters" by Patricia Rice first appeared in A Regency Valentine; "Buried Treasure" by Edith Layton and "Precious Rogue" by Mary Balogh in Dashing & Dangerous; and "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know" by Mary Jo Putney in Rakes and Rogues. I had already read Putney's story (very good, but then everything she writes is) but was glad to get Wolf's (although I think a longer format suits her better) and I really liked Balogh's (very satisfying - nice ending)
                  Five Months on a German Raider (Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the ''Wolf'')
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