The Bookman's Promise

Cliff Janeway, former homicide detective and current bookman, returns in the third book written by John Dunning of the Cliff Janeway series, The Bookman's Promise. Since he quit the police and opened his own book shop, Janeway has become the “book cop,” the guy people go to when they need book mysteries solved. In this novel, Janeway is embroiled in a mystery about Richard Francis Burton, a nineteenth century explorer, Burton’s journal, the American Civil War, and a modern murder. He must find books stolen from Josephine Gallant more than eighty years ago. This book is a wealth of information about the book world and the pre-Civil War American South.