The Burglar on the Prowl (Block, Lawrence (Spoken Word))

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Bernie Rhodenbarr breaks into what should be a straightforward job — a stamp collection in an Upper West Side apartment — and instead finds a dead body, a woman in distress, and himself entangled in a case involving a rapist who has been operating in the city. The investigation that follows forces Bernie to operate on the edge of his comfort zone — he is a thief, not a detective, but circumstances keep turning him into one. Lawrence Block's tenth Rhodenbarr novel is the darkest in the series, dealing with sexual violence more directly than the earlier books while maintaining the character's essential lightness.