Hooperman Johnson is a tall, bushy-bearded man of few words. He works as a bookstore cop, catching shoplifters in the act. It`s a difficult job for a man with a stammer, but somebody`s got to do it, because Maxwell`s Books is getting ripped off big-time. And, more and more, it looks like the thief works for the store. Set in the summer of 1972, the summer of the Watergate break-in, Hooperman is a bookstore mystery without a murder, but full of plot, oddball characters, laughs -and love, some of it poignant, some of it steamy. Publisher`s Weekly Starred Review: "Pleasant and unusually good-natured, this novel from Daniel harkens back to a time when printed books mattered and an independent bookstore could be a social club for passionately eccentric bibliophiles." About the Author: John M. Daniel is a lifelong bibliophile, having worked in eight different bookstores. He has also worked as an editor, ghostwriter, creative writing teacher, and small-press publisher. He is the author of fourteen published books, including the well-reviewed Guy Mallon Mystery Series, and dozens of short stories. He now lives among the redwoods in Humboldt County, on California`s North Coast, with Susan Daniel, his wife and partner. They publish mystery fiction under the imprint Perseverance Press (Daniel & Daniel).