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Peggy
May 18, 2024 rated it really liked it
A friend loaned me three books from this series and having read the first one, I am in LUV. Really great mystery, excellent characters, solid descriptive powers, and the protagonist is my kinda guy. As the love interest says, “a thug.” Hahaha
The frustration is, if one can be found, my friend loaned me the first, third, and fourth of a short five-book series. I’m a little OCD about reading series in order. So I think I will be getting out my handy Nook and ordering to fill in around the loans. I’
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Lisa (Harmonybites)
Sometimes you read a book and you become fast friends with a character. I rather felt that way about this book's hero and narrator, Cliff Janeway, by the time I got halfway through the novel. I suppose that's because it's hard for me not to fall for a fellow bibliophile. The mystery involves the world of rare and used books, and the author himself owned such a bookstore, and it was hard not to be won over before the story even started by the author's forward, "Then and Now" when he inveighs agai ...more
Mo
Feb 07, 2013 marked it as to-read
This book was mentioned in The Man Who Loved Books Too Much.
Amanda
Feb 04, 2008 marked it as to-read
Christa
Apr 04, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: library
Colleen
Jun 28, 2008 rated it it was amazing
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May 11, 2009 marked it as to-read
Heather (DeathByBook)
Oct 09, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: taking-a-break
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Oct 27, 2009 marked it as to-read
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Jun 04, 2010 marked it as to-read
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Sep 24, 2010 rated it really liked it
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