Lawrence Block

The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams (Bernie Rhodenbarr, #6) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

"Lawrence Block clearly has a great deal of fun writing his Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries, and the sense of whimsy is infectious." -Richmond Times-Dispatch "Once again, Block has produced a funny and eminently readable mystery with clever plotting and amusing twists." -Roanoke Times "Engaging. Have you read Block's [Rhodenbarr} mysteries? You should. They are a real kick. Bernie Rhodenbarr is one of the most charming and witty characters in the burglar business." -Rocky Mountain News "One of the mystery genre's favorite characters. Delightful. Good fun." -San Antonio Express-News "Bernie Rhodenbarr, lighthearted and light-fingered, is a most ingratiating sleuth. Delightful…good, clean fun…thank goodness for Lawrence Block." -San Diego Union-Tribune "Bernie Rhodenbarr is such an outrageous and witty character, you wish he were real." -San Francisco Examiner "Block's Burglar series is one of crime fiction's best." -South Bend Tribune "It's the mark if an innovative storyteller to turn a normally reprehensible character into a hero-of sorts. Author Lawrence Block's Bernie the burglar series aren't just good mysteries, they're supreme escapism…Bernie is sheer amusement." -South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Bernie Rhodenbarr is the perfect companion." -Tampa Tribune

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lawrence Block
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513081465
• Artikelnr.: 42765622

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Block has been writing award-winning mystery and suspense fiction for half a century. His newest book, pitched by his Hollywood agent as "James M. Cain on Viagra," is The Girl with the Deep Blue Eyes. His other recent novels include 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 Write For Your Life, and has just published a collection of his writings about the mystery genre and its practitioners, The Crime Of Our Lives. 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.