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<p>Bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr's in love—with an exotic Eastern European beauty who shares his obsession with Humphrey Bogart movies. He's in heaven, munching popcorn with his new amour every night at a Bogart Film Festival—until their <i>Casablanca</i>-esque idyll is cut short by his other secret passion: <i>burglary</i>.</p> <p>When he's hired to pilfer a portfolio of valuable documents from a Park Avenue apartment, Bernie can hardly refuse. But the occupant's early return forces Bernie to flee empty-handed—and he soon finds himself implicated in a murder. Before you can say "who stole the strawberries?" he's hunting for a killer, up to his neck in the outrageous intrigues of a tiny Balkan nation . . . and menaced by more sinister fat men and unsavory toadies than the great Bogie himself butted heads with in pursuit of that darn bird!</p> <p>Block has revived his popular Bernie Rhodenbarr character to a thundering chorus of approval, and Bernie's newest caper is sure to generate a whole new round of cheers. When his latest client winds up dead, Bernie sets out to discover who's marked him for a pigeon. "Like his author, (Bernie Rhodenbarr) improves with
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- Author
- LAWRENCE VLOCK
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780451186348
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.89 / 5 (34 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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