Burglars Can't be Choosers

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Call Number: Mystery
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery	4-week checkout	Reshelving

Originally published: New York : Random House, c1977.
Now, we all know Bernie's the type of guy who likes to work alone. He finds the profits are higher and the risks a lot lower. But in Burglars Can't Be Choosers, Bernie finds that while he's no beggar, he's not above taking on a rare work-for-hire. It's simple, really. All he has to do is break into a posh East Side apartment, grab a blue leather-covered box, deliver it to his mysterious employer, and pocket a nice, easy fee. Well, nothing's ever that easy. No sooner is Bernie inside the apartment when things start to go wrong. Things like ... no blue box. Things like ... the police, led by his old nemesis, detective Ray Kirschmann. Things like ... the dead body in the bedroom. Things like ... being accused of murder.
Bernie, suddenly on the run, couldn't ask for a better place to hide than the anonymous streets of New York City - except for the fact his face is now in every tabloid newspaper and on every television newscast. Holing up at an out-of-town friend's apartment, he meets up with a lovely young lady ready with aid and comfort ... and other resources. At last Bernie's got some time to figure out what's going on, and who set him up. And why.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

1st Rhodenbarr adventure submitted by irenzero on August 25, 2011, 5:17pm This is the first of the Bernie Rhodenbarr books. I had read a couple of the books in the series when I was in high school and college but have managed to collect most of the Rhodenbarr books in the last couple of years. The set up of this one is pretty straight forward. Bernie is hired to retrieve a a blue box from an upscale apartment, only to run into the police and a dead body... in that order. Bernie finds himself needing to figure out who killed the victim to keep himself out of the clink for murder. I liked it a lot, and hope to read the next book in the sequence soon.

First in a great series submitted by AGAPHD on June 20, 2020, 10:29pm This book introduces Bernie Rhodenbarr...Block's delightful thief. I really enjoyed this series!