A thief finds himself in the wrong place and suspected of the wrong crime in the โunfailingly entertainingโ series from bestselling author (The New York Times).
Itโs hard to ignore someone with his hands in your mouth. Bernie Rhodenbarrโs 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 Bernieโs 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 heโs in the Sheldrake apartment with larceny on his mindโand has to duck into a closet when the lady of the house makes an unexpected entrance. Unfortunately heโs still there when an unseen assailant does Mrs. Sheldrake in . . . and then vanishes with the jewels.
Bernieโs got to come out of the closet some time. But when he does, heโll be facing a rap for a murder he didnโt commitโand for a burglary he certainly attemptedโunless he can hunt down the killer who left him hanging.
โLight-hearted crime at its very best.โ โRobert Ludlum
โHilarious.โ โSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
โA forgery ring turns upโalong with the breezy Manhattan repartee and charmingly crude New Yorkers weโve come to expect from the likably smart-alecky Mr. Block.โ โKirkus Reviews