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Bernie Rhodenbarr, a former burglar trying to live honest, slips back into crime after an unscrupulous landlord threatens to raise his rent by 1,000%. The situation escalates when police accuse Bernie of stealing a priceless baseball card collection, even though he was burgling a different apartment at the time—a place that also contained a dead body locked inside a bathroom. Faced with a dilemma, Bernie contemplates trading a burglary charge for a murder accusation, or he could manipulate the theft evidence to uncover the true culprit—perhaps someone who sees homicide as the ultimate American pastime.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Cozy Mystery
Authors: Lawrence Block
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