John Dunning

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1980
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Mystery with Cliff Janeway

1 - Booked to Die (Feb-1992)
2 - The Bookman's Wake (Apr-1995)
3 - The Bookman's Promise (Mar-2004)
4 - The Sign of the Book (Mar-2005)
5 - The Bookwoman's Last Fling (May-2006)

Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • Looking For Ginger North

    At a California racetrack, an ex-cop is haunted by his mother's suicide The old wooden tower looms over the racetrack, an eyesore that is too famous to tear down. To Wes Harrison, it is more than an architectural curiosity; it is a bitter remin...

  • Deadline

    When a circus tent fire calls Tribune reporter Dalton Walker into action, he's disturbed to find that an eight-year-old girl has fallen victim to the tragedy; even more troubling is the fact that no relatives come to identify the body. While searchin...

  • Denver

    By the 1920s, Denver had outgrown its frontier-town beginnings. But for some, life was still as perilous as the surrounding terrain. The insidious influence of the Ku Klux Klan was reaching its peak, and those who stood in its path feared for their s...

  • Booked to Die

    A Mystery with Cliff Janeway - 1

    Tough, book-loving Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway wants to nail Jackie Newton -- a suspected psychopath who just barely beat the rap for a series of vagrant killings. Janeway is certain his sleazy, sadistic nemesis is to blame for the recent...

  • The Bookman's Wake

    A Mystery with Cliff Janeway - 2

    Few novels have been as eagerly awaited as John Dunning's sequel to the award-winning Booked to Die, which was hailed by critics and readers for both its powerful writing and its fascinating glimpse into the world of rare book collecting. Now, Denver...

  • The Holland Suggestions

    Jim Ryan, the single father of a teenage girl, has a lot to live for. But something vital is missing from his life--a lost piece of his past, which haunts his dreams and robs him of sleep. When an anonymous delivery lands on his desk--a mysterious ph...

  • Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime

    Widely acclaimed for his groundbreaking crime novels Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake, award-winning author John Dunning triumphantly returns with a riveting new thriller that takes us back to the summer of 1942, when radio was in its prime, when...

  • The Bookman's Promise

    A Mystery with Cliff Janeway - 3

    Denver cop-turned-bookseller Cliff Janeway has just paid a hefty sum to acquire a real gem: a signed first edition by famed nineteenth-century explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton. But does he truly own the rare book? An elderly woman claims her grand...

  • The Sign of the Book

    A Mystery with Cliff Janeway - 4

    Denver bookman and ex-cop Cliff Janeway is enjoying the good life, buying and selling the books he adores as he ekes out a living in his store on seedy East Colfax. And it doesn't hurt that superstar lawyer Erin D'Angelo has joined him as a partner i...



  • The Bookwoman's Last Fling

    A Mystery with Cliff Janeway - 5

    When wealthy horse trainer H. R. Geiger dies, Denver bookman Cliff Janeway encounters the legacy of the man's wife, Candice, a true bookwoman who left behind an assortment of rare first-edition children's books. Sent to assess the collection, Janeway...

  • Bookscout

    For a rare book, a desperate buyer turns to violence Six days a week, Joel Beer hunts for books in Denver. He stalks them in bookstores and thrift stores, at yard sales and estate sales, his eyes scanning spines quickly and ruthlessly, searching f...

  • Dreamer

    A powerful executive is confronted by a man claiming to be her son Her name is Dreamer Calhoun. Raised in South Carolina, she grew up dirt poor, married young, and was soon burdened with a child she could not care for. When her old life slipped aw...

  • Wiper

    Lula Nomi is a Wiper -- a private detective who guarantees complete discretion. A memory wipe after every job sees to that.When she’s hired by enigmatic robot Klute, she thinks the case is the answer to all her problems. But there’s something odd...

Award-Winning Books by John Dunning

Booked to Die
1993 Dilys Award -- Mystery Novel
1993 Nero Wolfe Award -- Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Dunning has published 13 books.

John Dunning does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Wiper, was published in January 2023.

The first book by John Dunning, Looking For Ginger North, was published in February 1980.

Yes. John Dunning has 1 series.
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