The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons (Bernie Rhodenbarr Series #11)

by Lawrence Block

Overview

Ever since The Burglar on the Prowl climbed the bestseller lists in 2004, fans have been clamoring for a new book featuring the lighthearted and lightfingered Bernie Rhodenbarr. Now everybody's favorite burglar returns in an eleventh adventure that finds him and his lesbian sidekick Carolyn Kaiser breaking into houses, apartments, and even a museum, in a madcap adventure replete with American Colonial silver, an F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscript, a priceless portrait, and a remarkable array of buttons. And, wouldn't you know it, there's a dead body, all stretched out on a Trent Barling carpet...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149948147
Publisher:	Lawrence Block
Publication date:	01/14/2015
Series:	Bernie Rhodenbarr Series , #11
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
Sales rank:	758,669
File size:	616 KB

About the Author

Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning mystery and suspense fiction for half a century. His most recent novels are THE BURGLAR WHO COUNTED THE SPOONS, featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr; HIT ME, featuring philatelist and assassin Keller; and A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF, featuring Matthew Scudder, brilliantly embodied by Liam Neeson in the new film, A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES. Several of his other books have also been filmed, although not terribly well. He's well known for his books for writers, including the classic TELLING LIES FOR FUN & PROFIT, and THE LIAR'S BIBLE. In addition to prose works, he has written episodic television (TILT!) and the Wong Kar-wai film, MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS. He is a modest and humble fellow, although you would never guess as much from this biographical note.

Editorial Reviews

"It's joyous stuff!"

email - Ian Rankin

"An absolute delight! Bernie has always been one of my favorite heroes and I couldn't restrain my excitement when I learned he was back. This is classic Block: Clever, original, fast-paced, and populated with characters we completely believe and love spending time with. Retirement be damned! Larry better be at work on the next one in the series. That's all I can say."

email - Jeffery Deaver

Block fans who feared the Bernie Rhodenbarr series was finished will rejoice to see that the bookseller-thief lives to steal again! All the usual suspects are back--Bernie; his lesbian sidekick, Carolyn; and his nemesis/friend, NYPD cop Ray Kirschbaum--and all are in fine fettle. The plot wanders a bit, but if it's the charismatic Bernie doing the wandering (and peppering his peregrinations with puns of the biblio variety), who really cares?

Booklist - Bill Ott

"[Block] always seems to be having the time of his life in this series about a nimble-witted New York City antiquarian book dealer and still once-in-a-while...burglar. If you like Donald Westlake's capers, you'll love Bernie. Mystery writers with the comic touch are rare, and Block is one of the best."

Washington Post Book World - Post Reviewer