The fifth 'Cliff Janaway" Bookman mystery. Cliff is contacted to appraise a collection of children's books worth many thousands by the family of the deceased collector to get a Will finalised.
On arrival he discovers that many books are missing and have been replaced by copies and that books worth even more have been left behind.
To solve this problem he has to confirm that the owner of the books was murdered twenty years earlier and then delve into her life to explain the book mystery. To do this he gets involved in the families other business which is race horses, travelling to Californian race tracks working as a groom.
Its a good story not the best and although the author looses his way in the middle he manages to get it all back on track in a very hurried fashion at the end and reaches a satisfying conclusion.
We have some good violence and interesting facts about the racing scene this time. Not so much information regarding the second hand book scene as in the two previous stories I have read. ( Published 2006)
No comments:
Post a Comment