The Burglar in the Rye: A Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series) - Hardcover

Block, Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786221364 ISBN 13: 9780786221363

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Bernie Rhodenbarr attempts to retrieve the lost letters of famed reclusive author Gulliver Fairborn, but instead discovers a dead literary agent and a beautiful woman

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-- San Diego Union-Tribune

From the Back Cover

Bernie Rhodenbarr, bookseller by day, burglar by night, is on the prowl again. Pretty Alice Cottrell has hired him to infiltrate the crumbling old Paddington Hotel and steal back the letters of reclusive author Gulliver Fairborn from his once-upon-a-time agent, who now wishes to sell them at auction. Seems like an easy enough job, until Bernie discovers the letters missing -- and the agent dead in her bed. With the police only footsteps behind him, Bernie's got to make a fast escape or take the rap for a murder he didn't commit.

Only then does Bernie begin to wonder if he's been set up by a criminal -- one who is almost as clever as he is.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786221364
• ISBN 13: 9780786221363
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 440