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The Burglar Who Like to Quote Kipling (Bernie Rhodenbarr, Bk 3)
The Burglar Who Like to Quote Kipling - Bernie Rhodenbarr, Bk 3 Author:Lawrence Block Bernie-the Bookworm wanted an Easy Burgle, an Easy 15 Grand, but he found himself picking his way out of Murder! — Bernie Rhodenbarr had cleaned up his act, quietly peddling books in his little store near Greenwich Village. Then one Rudyard Whelkin walked in willing to shell out fifteen thousand for a volume of Kipling so rare that only a single ... more »copy exists - in the library of a millionaire's mansion.
So guess who goes book-browsing under cover of night? And quicker than you can say "limited edition," Bernie has exactly what Mr. Whelkin was after.
Perfect. Except the very next day a pistol-toting Sikh drops in shopping for - right again - Kipling. And if that's not enough to ruin Bernie's day, then it's finding himself looking at a corpse, with a smoking gun in his hand, the cops on his trail... and the killer bookworms just waiting to remove Bernie from circulation.« less