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The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams
Contributor(s): Block, Lawrence (Author)
ISBN: 0060731443     ISBN-13: 9780060731441
Publisher: HarperTorch
OUR PRICE:   $8.54  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2005
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Annotation: To prove himself innocent of stealing an invaluable baseball card collection, Bernie Rhodenbarr pulls out all his master skills to uncover a scheme he should have been smart enough to avoid.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - International Crime & Mystery
- Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
Dewey: FIC
Series: Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries
Physical Information: 1.07" H x 4.2" W x 6.86" (0.41 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
 
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Publisher Description:

Bernie Rhodenbarr is actually trying to earn an honest living. It's been an entire year since he's entered anyone's abode illegally to help himself to their valuables. But now an unscrupulous landlord's threat to increase Bernie's rent by 1,000% is driving the bookseller and reformed burglar back to a life of crime -- though, in all fairness, it's a very short trip. And when the cops wrongly accuse him of stealing a priceless collection of baseball cards, Bernie's stuck with a worthless alibi since he was busy burgling a different apartment at the time . . . one that happened to contain a dead body locked inside a bathroom.

So Bernie has a dilemma. He can trade a burglary charge for a murder rap. Or he can shuffle all the cards himself and try to find the joker in the deck -- someone, perhaps, who believes that homicide is the real Great American Pastime.


Contributor Bio(s): Block, Lawrence: -

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.