Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (USA 2018)

From the Publisher:
Since his 1977 debut, Bernie Rhodenbarr has won the devotion of an ever-increasing international audience. The lighthearted and light-fingered fellow, whose talents as a detective get him out of the trouble his burglar skills get him into, wins readers' hearts and minds as he goes along. THE BURGLAR WHO THOUGHT HE WAS BOGART is his seventh adventure.

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 Casablanca-esque idyll is cut short by his other secret passion: burglary.

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!

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. Bernie Rhodenbarr #7. LB Productions, ISBN: 9781726669122 (October, 2018), 242 p., $13.99 (?).

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (USA 2015)

From the Publisher:
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 Casablanca-esque idyll is cut short by his other secret passion: burglary.

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. Bernie Rhodenbarr #7. LB Productions, ISBN: 9781513008592 (October, 2015), eBook, 0.48 MB., $5.99 (?).

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (USA 2006)

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. A Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery. HarperTorch, ISBN: 0060872799 (November, 2006), 383 p., $7.99.

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
Bernie Rhodenbarr - a romantic? Hey, even burglars fall in love and in this case it's Bernie doing the falling, with the lovely and alluring Ilona. Night after night, sharing popcorn in the flickering shadow of a Bogie movie, Bernie finds himself tongue-tied - sometimes literally. It would appear Ilona's now doing all the stealing. Well, not really. Bernie's been approached by the oddly named Hugo Candlemas to pilfer a posh East Side apartment, make off with the portfolio and collect a fast, easy sum. A reasonable enough request for a trained burglar, sure, but just when things are going well, things turn bad.

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. No Exit Press, ISBN: 1842430513 (February, 2002), 359 p., £6.99.

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (UK 1996)

From the Publisher:
As ever..it starts with a simple job but by the morning after Bernie Rhodenbarr still doesn't have the item he was asked to steal... but that's OK as his client is too busy being dead! And when there is a dead body around you can be sure that Bernie's nemesis, Detective Ray Kirchmann isn't too far behind. Yet there is a change in the air and for once Ray isn't pinning the blame on Bernie. But he's still demanding answers... like who set Bernie up for the fall.

With a swagger in his step Bernie sets out to discover who marked him for a pigeon. Why the swagger? On account of a beautiful dame named Ilona... and a few too many hours spent in her company at a Bogart Film Festival. Ilona may be adding a little hard-boiled glamour to Bernie's life but she is also distracting him from the tough and dangerous job at hand. Otherwise he would have noticed the coincidental arrival of Ilona in his life with the beginning of this whole mess...

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. No Exit Press, ISBN: 1874061556 (July, 1996), 291 p., £5.99.

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (USA 1996)

From the Publisher:
Of all the bookstores in all the world, she walked into his. That's where Bernie Rhodenbarr met the woman of his dreams. the lovely and alluring Ilona. Both fans of Bogart films, the two begin spending every night together... uh, at a Bogart film festival.

Of course, Bernie can't live on love alone. Enter Hugo Candlemas, an eccentric stranger with a simple request. Infiltrate a posh East Side apartment and remove a black leather portfolio. Sounds almost too easy. And it is. His game interrupted, Bernie returns to his employer's home empty-handed. His employer doesn't seem to care, as he's very much dead. Suddenly, Bernie finds himself in a familiar spot, running from the law, tracking down a killer And then Ilona conveniently disappears...

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. Onyx Books, ISBN: 0451186346 (July, 1996), 383 p., $6.99.

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (UK 1995)

From the Publisher:
Even burglars fall in love, and in this case, it's Bernie doing the falling, with the lovely and alluring Ilona. Night after night, sharing popcorn in the flickering shadow of a Bogie movie, Bernie finds himself tongue-tied - sometimes literally. It would appear Ilona's now doing all the stealing. Well, not really. Bernie's been approached by the oddly named Hugo Candlemas to pilfer a posh East Side apartment, make off with a portfolio and collect a fast, easy sum. A reasonable enough request for a trained burglar, sure, but just when things are going well, things turn bad. Bernie's nocturnal visit is interrupted, and he ends up going home empty-handed. If this wasn't bad enough, Hugo Candlemas turns up missing, and Ray Kirschmann, New York City detective-extraordinaire, comes looking for answers. A body has been found at Candlemas's residence, and there's evidence linking Bernie to the crime. For once, though, Kirschmann doesn't think Bernie's the guilty party. But he does want his help.

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. No Exit Press, ISBN: 1874061432 (August, 1995), 291 p., £9.99.

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart (USA 1995)

From the Publisher:
Lawrence Block has revived his popular Bernie Rhodenbarr capers to a thundering chorus of approval, and this new adventure for Bernie is guaranteed to generate a whole new round of cheers.

It starts off like a simple job, and ends more complicated than it should have. By the next morning Bernie still doesn't have the item he was asked to steal, but that's okay since his client is too busy being dead. And when there's a dead body around, you can be sure Bernie's nemesis, Detective Ray Kirsctunann, isn't far behind. Yet there's a change in the air, and for once Ray isn't pinning the blame on Bernie. But he's still demanding answers, like who set Bernie up to fall.

With a swagger in his step, Bernie sets out to discover who marked him for a pigeon. Why the swagger? On account of a beautiful dame named Ilona -- and a few too many hours spent in her company at a Bogart film festival. Ilona may be adding a little hard-boiled glamour to Bernie's life, but she's also distracting him from a tough and dangerous job. Otherwise he would have noticed a long time ago how neatly her appearance in his life coincided with the beginning of this mess...

Lawrence Block: The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart. The new Bernie Rhodenbarr Mystery. Dutton, ISBN: 0525940162 (June, 1995), 291 p., $21.95.