The Burglar in the Library

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.