The Bookwoman's Last Fling

Cliff Janeway would have liked Candice Geiger.  She loved books with a true bookwoman's passion.  Sadly, Janeway and Candice will never meet, as Candice died at a young age, twenty years ago.

Janeway first learns about Candice's collection of rare children's books when her elderly husband, wealthy horse trainer H.R. Geiger, passes away and Janeway travels to her Idaho home to assess the collection's value.  One look at the books tells Janeway but other valuable titles are missing, replaced by cheap reprints.  Janeway becomes convinced that someone has been cherry picking the book collection for personal profit, and the mystery may even involve murder.