BURGLAR IN THE RYE, THE - Softcover

Lawrence Block

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842430300 ISBN 13: 9781842430309

Publisher: NO EXIT PRESS, 2001

Synopsis

Superbly, re-vamped edition of one of the most popular titles in Block's 'Burglar' series which feature professional burglar turned sleuth Bernie Rhodenbarr. 'An incorrigibly adorable thief' - The New York Times 'Excellent New York background and unusual characters make Block a detective writer to savour' - The Daily Mirror

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Review:

"DELIGHTFUL. A WHODUNIT WHOSE AIM IS SIMPLY TO FURNISH GOOD, CLEAN FUN. THANK GOODNESS FOR LAWRENCE BLOCK".

-- San Diego Union-Tribune

Synopsis:

Literary agent Anthea Landau, legendary resident of the Paddington Hotel, is auctioning off her personal correspondence from enigmatic writer Gulliver Fairborn. Her famous ex-client, who guards his private life so jealously that he has never been photographed or interviewed, is reportedly outraged by Landau's betrayal - yet can't afford to outbid the collectors who are fighting to get their hands on the letters. Bernie Rhodenbarr's at the Paddington Hotel to make sure they never do. Gully Fairborn is Bernie's literary idol, so when Fairborn's ex-lover, Alice Cottrell, asks the bookseller-burglar to help her return the letters to their rightful author, Bernie doesn't hesitate. He breaks into Anthea Landua's suite. And finds her...dead. The police burst in, and Bernie takes a fire escape down to an empty room, where he quietly pockets some nice ruby jewellery, Minutes later, he is under arrest. By the time Bernie is bailed out, his bookstore is visited by a host of mysterious folks, all demanding the letters he doesn't have. That's when Bernie learns that the gems he does have were heisted the night before he stole them.

Now, to clear his name and right some terrible wrongs, Bernie must solve a murder or two, track down a rival jewel thief, retrieve the missing letters, find the rubies' rightful owner, and still manage to protect the elusive Gulliver Fairborn...without getting caught.

About this edition

• Publisher: NO EXIT PRESS
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1842430300
• ISBN 13: 9781842430309
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280