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The Burglar in the Closet (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries (Paperback)) Paperback - 2006
by Lawrence Block
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First published in 1978, this second novel in Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr series is now repackaged.
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- Title The Burglar in the Closet (Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries (Paperback))
- Author Lawrence Block
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Torch
- Date 2006
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1-006087273X
- ISBN 9780060872731 / 006087273X
- Weight 0.32 lbs (0.15 kg)
- Dimensions 6.8 x 4.22 x 0.88 in (17.27 x 10.72 x 2.24 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Rhodenbarr, Bernie (Fictitious character)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
It's hard to ignore someone with his hands in your mouth. Bernie Rhodenbarr's all ears when Dr. Sheldrake, his dentist, starts complaining about his detestable, soon-to-be-ex wife, and happens to mention the valuable diamonds she keeps lying around the apartment. Since Bernie's been known to supplement his income as a bookstore owner with the not-so-occasional bout of high-rise burglary, a couple of nights later he's in the Sheldrake apartment with larceny on his mind -- and has to duck into a closet when the lady of the house makes an unexpected entrance. Unfortunately he's still there when an unseen assailant does Mrs. Sheldrake in . . . and then vanishes with the jewels. Bernie's got to come out of the closet some time. But when he does, he'll be facing a rap for a murder he didn't commit -- and for a burglary he certainly attempted -- unless he can hunt down the killer who left him hanging.
First line
"Gramercy Park," said Miss Henrietta Tyler, "is an oasis in the middle of a cruel sea, a respite from the slings and arrows of which the Bard has warned us."