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Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
c1980
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Bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr doesn't generally get philosophical about his criminal career. He's good at it, it's addictively exciting-and it pays a whole lot better than pushing old tomes. He steals therefore he is, period.
He might well ponder, however, the deeper meaning of events at the luxurious Chelsea brownstone of Herb and Wanda Colcannon, which is apparently burgled three times on the night Bernie breaks in: once before his visit...
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Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 2
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Popular author Lawrence Block creates the wild and wonderful world of Bernie Rhodenbarr: fine, upstanding citizen by day, and crafty burglar by night. In this hilarious whodunit, Bernie does a favor for his dentist, only to discover mixing his personal and professional lives can be hazardous to his well-being. As Bernie squirms in the dental chair, Dr. Sheldrake presents a business proposition. He wants Bernie to rob his estranged wife's apartment...
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Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 3
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"Bernie's tried to go legit by opening up a secondhand bookstore down in Greenwich Village but still can't resist his passion: stealing things. Especially when the price is right, and this time it most certainly is. Here's what Bernie's got to do: pilfer a rare Kipling edition and make off with a bundle."--BOOK JACKET. "That's the easy part. The hard part, Bernie finds, is returning the priceless volume to his employer. His instructions are to turn...
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Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 1
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This first outing for the Greenwich Village burglar finds Bernie set up for a fall when a simple job turns out to involve murder and the conveniently timed arrival of the cops.
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Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries volume 11
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Bernie Rhodenbarr returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his lesbian sidekick Carolyn Kaiser breaking into houses, apartments, and even a museum, in a madcap adventure replete with American Colonial silver, an F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscript, a priceless portrait, and a remarkable array of buttons. And, wouldn't you know it, there's a dead body, all stretched out on a Trent Barling carpet.
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Thirty-year-old Tom Ferrell sells guns on the black market in the working-class neighborhoods of the Bronx. Taking the goods when one of his thugs tries to take more than his share of the loot, Ferrell draws the ire of the IRA and the Albanian mob. Soon he is lost in the New York City underworld, not sure who survived, who was killed, and who will claim the money.
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Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Silent night: In New York, a thief steals a woman's wallet with a medal of St. Christopher she was taking to her husband in hospital. One of her young sons gives chase, only to be abducted by a killer as a hostage for a getaway to Canada. But St. Christopher spoils his plan.
All through the night: Retired cleaning lady Alvirah Meehan sets out to reunite a mother with a daughter who was stolen as a baby eight years earlier. The mother left her pram...