{"product_id":"the-burglar-in-the-rye-9780060872892","title":"The Burglar in the Rye","description":"\u003cp\u003eGulliver Fairborn's novel, \u003cem\u003eNobody's Baby\u003c\/em\u003e, changed Bernie Rhodenbarr's life. And now pretty Alice Cottrell, Fairborn's one-time paramour, wants the bookselling, book-loving burglar to break into a room in New York's teeth-achingly charming Paddington Hotel and purloin some of the writer's very personal letters before an unscrupulous agent can sell them. Here's an opportunity to use his unique talents in the service of the revered, famously reclusive author. But when Bernie gets there, the agent is dead . . . and Bernie's wanted for murder. (He \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e hates when that happens!)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps it's karmic payback; Bernie \u003cem\u003edid\u003c\/em\u003e help himself to a ruby necklace on his way out. (But it \u003cem\u003ewas\u003c\/em\u003e lying there. And he \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e a burglar.) Now he's in even hotter water. And he'll need to use every trick in the book--maybe going so far as to entice the hermitic Fairborn himself out of seclusion--to bring this increasingly twisted plot to a satisfying denouement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlock, Lawrence:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association--only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424441532690,"sku":"9780060872892","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89f17b18-c90b-44c4-8017-7aefa284f6b4.jpg?v=1751377460","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-burglar-in-the-rye-9780060872892","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}