Hardcover

Jeffrey Dean #1

by Wayne Warga

When Jeffrey Dean journalist and rare book collector finds a forged Steinbeck autograph on a copy of "Sweet Thursday," he uncovers a plot of intrigue and espionage that is connected to a ring of Libyan-financed assassins

Genres: Mystery Thriller

274 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Wayne Warga, author and journalist who wrote about entertainment. Born in Los Angeles and educated at USC, Warga wrote for Life magazine and for The Times, where he was also assistant editor of the Calendar section in the 1970s. He wrote for the television program "Entertainment Tonight" and later turned to books, writing nonfiction and fiction. His nonfiction efforts included "Return to Earth" with astronaut Buzz Aldrin and a book with Lana Wood about her actress sister, Natalie.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well crafted setting (book dealers and collectors) but with some very weak episodes and an eye-rolling climax. Followed by two sequels, but not for me. John Dunning’s Cliff Janeway bibliomysteries are far better.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a great book if you're not already a confirmed fan of books, but an okay mystery dated just a tad by technological (Internet) changes in bookselling the past 20 years or so.

[James]

Good book, found the first a lot more informative

[Nick Tomashot]

Eh - not bad. Nowhere as good as the first FREAKANOMICS...

[Jeffrey Philips · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellant book. Also, it won a Shamus. I think this book appealed to me, because the Jeffrey Dean buys and sells books and I'm a book collector. Must the mystery with its twists kept me hooked.