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The thief only altered one book and left others untouched, which made janeway very confused, which he hated the most. Buy mysterious murders by john dunning online at alibris. Strange deaths by john dunning goodreads share book. John dunning is a book scout, a book dealer, a book detective. Strange deaths paperback january 1, 1982 by j dunning author 4. Cliff janeway quits the force when he is suspended pending the outcome of brutality charges brought by his nemesis, jackie newton. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. People like cliff amass entire fortunes in rare books, not for the contents of those books but because they elicit a strange sort of pleasure from merely owning these items. Janeway is certain his sleazy, sadistic nemesis is to blame for the recent murder of a downandout rare book hunterand treats newton to a rather brutal helping. A man in his midforties died while mowing a lawn in southern sweden. Mirroring the life of john dunning himself, the denver excop and antique bookseller cliff janeway this time finds himself hot on the trail of both a book and a killer. Strange deaths by john dunning and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. After working as a stablehand at a horseracing track, dunning began working at the denver post.
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