A thief finds himself in the wrong place and suspected of the wrong crime in the âunfailingly entertainingâ series from bestselling author (The New York Times).
Itâs hard to ignore someone with his hands in your mouth. Bernie Rhodenbarrâs 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 Bernieâs 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 heâs in the Sheldrake apartment with larceny on his mindâand has to duck into a closet when the lady of the house makes an unexpected entrance. Unfortunately heâs still there when an unseen assailant does Mrs. Sheldrake in . . . and then vanishes with the jewels.
Bernieâs got to come out of the closet some time. But when he does, heâll be facing a rap for a murder he didnât commitâand for a burglary he certainly attemptedâunless he can hunt down the killer who left him hanging.
âLight-hearted crime at its very best.â âRobert Ludlum
âHilarious.â âSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
âA forgery ring turns upâalong with the breezy Manhattan repartee and charmingly crude New Yorkers weâve come to expect from the likably smart-alecky Mr. Block.â âKirkus Reviews