The Burglar in the Library

Name: The Burglar in the Library
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Lawrence Block
ISBN: 9781436169479

Author: Lawrence Block

Series: Bernie Rhodenbarr #8

Narrator: Richard Ferrone

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/22/2008

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

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.

About Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block is an award-winning, internationally renowned bestselling author. His prolific career spans over one hundred books, including four bestselling series as well as dozens of short stories, articles, and books on writing. Block lives in New York City with his wife, Lynne.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on July 13, 2021

This is among the better books in Lawrence Block's series featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr, a bookseller and professional burglar. It's also a great homage to the classic English mystery novels of the twentieth century by authors like Agatha Christie, et al. Bernie has booked a reservation for a romantic......more

Goodreads review by Eilonwy on January 09, 2022

Professional thief and bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr gets wind of a rare book in the library of an English country house on the border of New York and Connecticut. When his original plans for a weekend there fall through, he convinces his best friend, Carolyn, to go with him as he cases the joint,......more

Goodreads review by Ed on August 31, 2019

Funny and inventive. Good one liners. Bernie is one of a kind as a bookseller and a burglar.......more

Goodreads review by Gerry on June 30, 2022

Any novel that pays homage to Agatha Christie - 'And Then There Were None' and 'The Mousetrap' - and has Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett connotations must be worth a read. And this one was, as Lawrence Block has his character Bernie Rhodenbarr, burglar extraordinaire and secondhand bookseller,......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on July 27, 2017

This is one of the best in Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr series. The Burglar in the Library is one part Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (a.k.a. The Ten Little Indians), one part Christie's The Body in the Library and one part Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man, with Bernie and Carolyn K......more