The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling: A Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery

The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling: A Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery by Block, Lawrence. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780525941590.

Bernies tried to go legit by opening up a secondhand bookstore down in Greenwich Village but still cant resist his passion: stealing things. Especially when the price is right, and this time it most certainly is. Heres what Bernies got to do: pilfer a rare Kipling edition and make off with a bundle. Thats the easy part. The hard part, Bernie finds, is returning the priceless volume to his employer. His instructions are to turn the book over to a lovely femme fatale, but before Bernie can, the femme is suddenly a fatality. And of course the cops are close behind. With best pal, Carolyn, at his side, and a surprising ally found in police detective Ray Kirschmann, Bernie tries to get himself out of the stickiest wrong-side-of-the-law jam of his life. It will take all the tricks and tools of the burgling trade to uncover a clever plot by some very dangerous men. But dangerous is nothing when youre dealing with the hilarious hijinks of Bernie Rhodenbarr.