Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
THE PLUS SIDE OF INSOMNIA
Evan Michael Tanner hasn't slept in more than a decade -- not since a small piece of battlefield shrapnel invaded his skull and obliterated his brain's sleep center. Still, he's managed to find numerous inventive ways to occupy his waking hours.

Tanner is a card-carrying member of hundreds of international organizations, from the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Order to the Flat Earth Society -- not because he believes in their myriad lost causes, he's simply a joiner by nature. Besides, it gives him something to do.

The Russians think Tanner is a CIA operative on a covert mission. The CIA is certain he's a Soviet agent. Actually, he's in Turkey pursuing a fortune in hidden Armenian gold. But Tanner's up for anything, including a little spycraft, if it helps him reach his big payday. And if need be, he'll even start a small revolution

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep. The First Evan Tanner Novel. Harper, ISBN: 0061258067 (July, 2007), 224 p., $7.99.

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
A WAKE-UP CALL...
is the last thing that Evan Tanner needs. Champion of lost causes and beautiful women, Tanner hasn't slept a wink since the sleep center of his brain was destroyed. And with the FBI keeping tabs on him, the CIA tapping his phone, and a super-secret intelligence agency wanting to recruit him, keeping wide awake is definitely a smart choice.

AN ALARMING CAUSE...
is the last thing Evan Tanner needs. But when a ravishing blonde comes calling with cries of help and claims of riches, Tanner finds he can't resist. Smuggling her across the border of her native country, though, proves to be a difficult chore, especially when there's all that loot to carry as well. Not to mention the law, which is one step behind him and quickly catching up.

A WELCOME RETURN...
is just the thing Evan Tanner needs. Here is his very first adventure, a rare treat from his creator, Edgar Award-winning author Lawrence Block.

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep. An Evan Tanner Mystery. Signet, ISBN: 0451194039 (September, 1998), 250 p., $5.99.

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (UK 1996)

From the Publisher:
The first in a new series of Lawrence Block titles featuring Evan Michael Tanner. He is 34 years old and hasn't slept a wink since a piece of shrapnel destroyed the sleep centre in his brain during the Korean War. Tanner loves lost causes and beautiful women. The FBI has a thick file on him; the CIA taps his phone and a super-secret intelligence agency wants him to be their man!

He never intended to be a spy... anymore than he planned to lead a revolution in Macedonia or land up in a Turkish jail. But those kinds of things just seemed to happen when Tanner was around - particularly when there were 573 pounds of pure gold waiting to be found and a beautiful blonde counting on him to gain freedom for her native land...

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep. No Exit Press, ISBN: 1874061548 (April, 1996), 208 p., £4.99.

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (USA 1984)

From the Publisher:
Evan Tanner never intended to be a spy -- any more than he planned to lead a revolution in Macedonia or land in a Turkish jail. But those kinds of things just seemed to happen when Tanner was around -- particularly when there was 573 pounds of pure gold waiting to be found and a beautiful blonde counting on him to gain freedom for her native land...

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep. Introducing EVAN TANNER, The Most Unusual Spy Who Ever Lived! Jove, ISBN: 0515083119 (November, 1985), 198 p., $2.95.

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (USA 1966)

From the Publisher:
It wasn't just the girl who kept him awake, or millions in gold waiting to be stolen. You'll be surprised!

For 48 years it had been hidden there, just waiting for a taker
For 48 years, a cool 573 pounds and 4 ounces of pure gold lay sealed up under somebody's front porch in a forgotten town in a godforsaken corner of Turkey.

Only two people in the world knew about the gold. One was an old lady in Brooklyn, who would never again leave her wheelchair. The other was Evan Tanner - adventurer extraordinary, the man who never slept and who was just a wee bit crazy in the head...

...But not too crazy to know that 573 pounds and 4 ounces of gold would bring $371,520 in American greenbacks. Still, crazy enough to risk his life all across Europe and Eurasia just to find out if the old lady was right - and if he would be the only hero in modern history to get away with all the dirty money...

Lawrence Block: The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep. Fawcett Gold Medal d1772, 176 p., $0.50.