When a circus tent fire results in the death of a young girl, reporter Dalton Walker searches for leads while juggling a second story about a young Amish woman who left her home to become a dancer in the Big Apple. Reprint. Tour.
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Although I have been writing fiction since childhood (and publishing novels since 1975), it was BOOKED TO DIE (1992) that gave me the freedom to write full time. I have always written out of my own life. My Bookman novels came from my ongoing experience in the used and rare book trade, coupled with my life as a Denver Post police reporter in the 1970s. I have written five novels about my book detective, Cliff Janeway, including THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING, to be published by Scribner in May 2006.
We have lived in Denver, it seems, forever, though I am a refugee from Charleston, SC. I have also been a glass cutter, a groom at Santa Anita and other racetracks, a publicist for political candidates (which is the same general thing)and did a radio show for more than 20 years.
We have lived in Denver, it seems, forever, though I am a refugee from Charleston, SC. I have also been a glass cutter, a groom at Santa Anita and other racetracks, a publicist for political candidates (which is the same general thing)and did a radio show for more than 20 years.
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This is a solid thriller featuring Dalton Walker, a prize-winning reporter who gets a job with a local newspaper. His first assignment is to interview one of the Rockettes from Radio City Music Hall, Diana Yoder. She comes from an Amish background and the editor thinks her story would be a great human-interest piece--what with all the inherent conflict. What he finds out is the reason he was assigned this is that she does not give interviews. The editor has made her reporter-shy. Meanwhile, and eight-year-old girl has died in a fire. The police wait for her family to come forward to claim her body--but they never do.Others have said that this is not up to the author's later works (e.g., Booked to Die; Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime), and this is true. But a John Dunning novel always has a lot to offer. This is not a pedestrian novel. Unlike most mysteries/thrillers, but like other Dunning novels, the focus is more on characterization and detail than on any unanswered questions. This makes for a slower read, but a nonetheless engrossing one. When Dunning writes about something you can be sure he has researched it. The evocation of Amish life in this book is like none I've read since James Michener's The Novel. There is plenty to enjoy here. Dalton Walker is a character I would like to revisit.
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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Great early Dunning,
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If you like Dunning's later works you will enjoy this one. It was like reading Grisham's first piece "A time to kill" after some of his later ones...a bit rough, but clearly the author we have grown to love. This story is a great read if you like exploring both the physical and psychological worlds.
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A page turner.,
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Deadline is early Dunning at his best. The story is tight and fast-paced; it kept me reading late
into the night. If you're a fan of the _Bookman_ series you'll enjoy _Deadline_.
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Joanne Sayers, New York, Bill Neal, Melinda Baker, Radio City, Diana Yoder, Jacob Yoder, Roland Simon, Jerry Wayne, Kevin Lord, Malcolm Dawes, Hiram Byrnes, Virgil Craig, Dalton Walker, Blanton Smith, Gregory Peck, Joan Brox, New Jersey, Barney Southworth, Beverly Sills, Hal Gunther, Michael Yoder, People's Army, Special Agent, Daniel Yoder New!
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Walker thought of himself as a hardened man. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Joanne Sayers, New York, Bill Neal, Melinda Baker, Radio City, Diana Yoder, Jacob Yoder, Roland Simon, Jerry Wayne, Kevin Lord, Malcolm Dawes, Hiram Byrnes, Virgil Craig, Dalton Walker, Blanton Smith, Gregory Peck, Joan Brox, New Jersey, Barney Southworth, Beverly Sills, Hal Gunther, Michael Yoder, People's Army, Special Agent, Daniel Yoder New!
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This book cites 5
books:
- The Holland Suggestions: A Novel by John Dunning on 4 pages
- Booked to Die (Cliff Janeway Novels) by John Dunning in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Looking For Ginger North by John Dunning in Front Matter
- On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning in Front Matter
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler in Front Matter
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