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ISBN: 1842430297
Price: £6.99
Casing: Paperback
Format: A (178 x 111mm)
Extent: 192pp
Rights: UK & Commonwealth excl. Canada, Australia & New Zealand
Pub. Date: April 2004

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lawrence Block lives in New York with his wife. He has written over fifty books, won four Edgar awards, four Shamus Awards, is a Grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America and has just been awarded the 2004 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger award for a lifetimes achievement in crime writing. His series of nine Burglar books, eight Tanner titles and The Chip Harrison omnibus of 4 novels are all published by No Exit.
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ABOUT THE BOOK

It was ridiculous really - there was Bernie Rhodenbarr, professional burglar, locked in a clothes cupboard of a smart New York apartment while he was thieving it. And there was his stash of jewels, all neatly packed, not in hand or at hand but on the opposite side of the bedroom. So by the time Bernie finally picked his way out he wasn't too pleased to find the rocks gone and the beautiful ex-owner of them, Crystal Sheldrake, lying dead on the mat , with a gleaming steel instrument embedded in her heart. The cops weren't too impressed either...

Bernie Rhodenbarr is one of Lawrence Block's most enduring and popular fictional creations, having now appeared in numerous novels and short stories dating all the way back to his first appearance in Burglars Can't Be Choosers in 1977. Still as popular today as he ever was, The Burglar In The Closet was Bernie Rhodenbarr's second outing in novel form. His latest, The Burglar On The Prowl, is also published by No Exit Press.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

'Lawrence Block's language - is dry and droll and elegant, like how Dashiell Hammett would write if he was still doing the Thin Man books today' - The Guardian [read the full review]

'For clean close-to-the-bone prose, the line goes from Dashiell Hammett to James M Cain to Lawrence Block. He's that good' - Martin Cruz Smith

'A master of crime fiction' - Jonathan Kellerman

'Block is one of the best ' - Washington Post

'if you are coming new to Lawrence Block.....it will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship' - Vincent Banville, Irish Times