The Burglar in the Rye: A Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery - Couverture rigide

Block, Lawrence

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ISBN 10 : 0786221364 ISBN 13 : 9780786221363

Editeur : Thorndike Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Bernie Rhodenbarr attempts to retrieve the lost letters of famed reclusive author Gulliver Fairborn, but instead discovers a dead literary agent and a beautiful woman

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Gulliver Fairborn's novel, Nobody's Baby, changed Bernie Rhodenbarr's life. And now pretty Alice Cottrell, Fairborn's one-time paramour, wants the bookselling, book-loving burglar to break into a room in New York's teeth-achingly charming Paddington Hotel and purloin some of the writer's very personal letters before an unscrupulous agent can sell them. Here's an opportunity to use his unique talents in the service of the revered, famously reclusive author. But when Bernie gets there, the agent is dead . . . and Bernie's wanted for murder. (He really hates when that happens!)

Perhaps it's karmic payback; Bernie did help himself to a ruby necklace on his way out. (But it was lying there. And he is a burglar.) Now he's in even hotter water. And he'll need to use every trick in the book—maybe going so far as to entice the hermitic Fairborn himself out of seclusion—to bring this increasingly twisted plot to a satisfying denouement.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thorndike Pr
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786221364
• ISBN 13: 9780786221363
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 440
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible