Burglars Can't Be Choosers

Burglars Can't Be Choosers

1977 • 293 pages

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Average rating3.8

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Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profession, however, might not sit well with some. Bernie is a burglar, a good one, effortlessly lifting valuables from the not-so-well-protected abodes of well-to-do New Yorkers like a modern-day Robin Hood. (The poor, as Bernie would be the first to tell you, alas, have nothing worth stealing.)He's not perfect, however; he occasionally makes mistakes. Like accepting a paid assignment from a total stranger to retrieve a particular item from a rich man's apartment. Like still being there when the cops arrive. Like having a freshly slain corpse lying in the next room, and no proof that Bernie isn't the killer.Now he's really got his hands full, having to locate the true perpetrator while somehow eluding the police -- a dirty job indeed, but if Bernie doesn't do it, who will?

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Bernie Rhodenbarr

Bernie Rhodenbarr is a 13-book series with 11 primary works first released in 1977 with contributions by Lawrence Block.


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March 19, 2018

That was fun. The plot twist was unexpected, which is always nice. The dialogue was witty, the writing fine, which coming from the pen of Lawrence Block is to be expected.

July 20, 2022

I really enjoyed this “fun” mystery. Bernie was likeable and I found the suspense kept me enthralled to the end. I look forward to reading more of Bernie's adventures.

January 26, 2015

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