The Burglar in the Rye

By: Lawrence Block

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Winner of multiple Edgar and Shamus Awards, Lawrence Block keeps fans guessing to the end with his rollicking Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries. In this diverting caper, full-time bookstore owner and part-time burglar Bernie tries to do the right thing for a new friend, only to find himself accused of some terrible wrongs.

All Bernie plans to do is steal some letters. A New York City literary agent is auctioning off her personal correspondence with enigmatic writer Gully Fairborn. Gully's attractive ex-girlfriend has asked Bernie to swipe the letters so she can return them to her old heartthrob. But when Bernie breaks in, the letters are missing, and the literary agent is in bed with no hope of waking up.

With the police watching him very closely, Bernie relies on jiggers of rye and Caroline, his lesbian best friend, to sharpen his deductive skills and find the killer. Narrator Richard Ferrone expertly guides you on a laugh-filled journey through the twists and turns of the clever plot.

©1999 Lawrence Block (P)2000 Recorded Books

Excellent story . Very entertaining

Intricate plot and requires close attention, but well worth the effort !
Absolutely recommended reading. Reader performance is wonderful !

MANY CHEERS WITH RYE!

Loved it!! Not a dull moment!! So many suspects !!! How does he do it?? Bears and Writers and Rye OH MY!!
For the love of writers , book stores, people of all walks of life even crooked cops! BRILLIANT As Always!!!
Thanks for another Grand Adventure😄😄 ! Always love Mr. Ferron😊😊

Very nice

Loved the ending. It was a little predictable, but loved it anyway. I liked it that he gave money to everyone who needed it and still had some great times.

Bernie, Clever Bernie...!!!

Much fun mystery and shenanigans with the gang. Add some raucously colorful characters to the cast and a wonderfully complicated l plot for our hero

One of Block's funniest, most ingenious mysteries.

I enjoy comic mysteries, so I like the Bernie Rhodenbarr series about a burglar with a complicated sense of justice, who usually does more good than harm. This is a complex story about an author, who resembles Thomas Pynchon, whose novel "Nobody's Baby", meant a great deal to Bernie but who guards his privacy at all costs. The denouement is a scene out of Agatha Christie, in which Bernie plays Hercule Poirot, who has gathered the suspects together to coax out the true killer. Meanwhile, Bernie suffers his usual internal torments, engages in the pursuit of sexy women, and of course repeatedly uses his skills as a burglar to obtain information if not wealth.

Richard Ferrone does an excellent job of narration. He even made some female characters come to life.