Lawrence Block: The Burglar in the Library, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

The eighth installment in New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Blocks acclaimed Burglar series.

Beschreibung

Bernie Rhodenbarr, burglar extraordinaire and bookseller ordinaire, has left New York City to spend a wintry weekend at a cozy New England inn famed for its rare books. And there is no book rarer than the one tucked away in the Cuttleford House library: a first edition of Raymond Chandlers The Big Sleep, inscribed to Dashiell Hammett. For Bernie, an irresistible treasure is only a light finger away. Thats before a dead body turns up in the library... before Bernies two-timing girlfriend arrives with her new husband... and before a sudden storm leaves everyone snowbound. Then - lo and behold - the book disappears. Thats when Bernie decides to make his move. Because for Bernie Rhodenbarr, finding the priceless volume is second only to finding a killer who may be, heaven help him - or her - a thief.

Klappentext

Bookseller and New-Yorker-to-the-bone, Bernie Rhodenbarr rarely ventures out of Manhattan, but he's excited about the romantic getaway he has planned for himself and current lady love Lettice at the Cuttleford House, a remote upstate b&b. Unfortunately, Lettice has a prior engagement?she's getting married . . . and not to Bernie?so he decides to take best buddy Carolyn instead. A restful respite from the big city's bustle would be too good to waste. Besides, there's a very valuable first edition shelved in the Cuttleford's library that Bernie's just itching to get his hands on. Did we neglect to mention that Bernie's a burglar?
But first he's got to get around a very dead body on the library floor. The plot's thickened by an isolating snowstorm, downed phone lines, the surprise arrival of Lettice and her reprehensible new hubby, and a steadily increasing corpse count. And it's Bernie who'll have to figure out whodunit . . . or die.