denver Cop-turned-bookdealer Cliff Janeway Is Lured By An Enterprising Fellow Ex-policeman Into Going To Seattle To Bring Back A Fugitive Wanted For Assault, Burglary, And The Possible Theft Of A Priceless Edition Of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven. The Bail Jumper Turns Out To Be A Vulnerable Young Woman Calling Herself Eleanor Rigby, Who Is Also A Gifted Book Finder.

janeway Is Intrigued By The Woman — And By The Deadly History Surrounding The Rare Volume. Hunted By People Willing To Kill For The Antique Tome, A Terrified Eleanor Escapes And Disappears. To Find Her — And Save Her — Janeway Must Unravel The Secrets Of The Book's Past And Its Mysterious Maker, For Only Then Can He Stop The Hand Of Death From Turning Another Page....

in The Long-awaited Sequel To Booked To Die, Denver Policeman-turned-bookdealer Cliff Janeway Is Hired By Sleazy Ex-cop Clydell Slater To Retrieve Eleanor Rigby (really), Who Has Jumped Bail And Fled To Seattle. Things Get Complicated When She Turns Out To Be Young, Pretty And A Talented Book Scout. The Latter, Almost By Itself, Seems To Convince Janeway That She Is Innocent. Rigby May Have The Key To The Location Of A Previously Unknown Fine Press Edition Of Poe's The Raven. When Eleanor Disappears, Janeway Teams Up With Reporter Trish Aandahl, Biographer Of The Grayson Brothers, Who Produced The Rare Poe Volume. Aandahl Is Convinced The Brothers Were Both Murdered Over 20 Years Ago. To Find Eleanor And The Raven, Janeway And Aandahl Must Connect The Killing Of The Brothers With Five Other Violent Deaths. Dragging At The Narrative Are Frequent Long Passages That Either Provide Extensive Background Or Serve To Show Off Janeway's Bookhunting Knowledge. While Not Uninteresting, These Sections Interrupt The Novel's Flow. Readers Who Loved The First Janeway Appearance May Find This Entry Somewhat Disappointing. Author Tour. (apr.)

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