Search Results for "Lawrence Block": 6 results
Block, Lawrence: (101) Burglars Can't Be Choosers: Over the weekend, I read Lawrence Block's Burglars Can't Be Choosers, the first of the Bernie Rhodenbarr series (not currently in print; I got it from the library). The general pattern, for people unfamiliar with the series: Bernie tries to...
Block, Lawrence: (110) The Burglar on the Prowl: We got Lawrence Block's latest Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery, The Burglar on the Prowl, out of the library. I read these for the unrealistic but amusing light banter and the occasional interesting occupation-neepery, not for the plots, which are always...
Block, Lawrence: (201) No Score: I just read another subway book, one that I started on the subway to work and finished over my morning bagel at my desk—it was a very short book. It also wins my prize this year for "Most Misleading...
Block, Lawrence: (204) The Topless Tulip Caper: Lawrence Block's The Topless Tulip Caper is an affectionate homage to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin books. Chip Harrison (first seen in No Score, a non-mystery) has been hired by Leo Haig, reclusive genius detective, to be his Archie:...
Block, Lawrence: Thief Who Couldn't Sleep, The: Another early Lawrence Block book, The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep. This is the first Evan Tanner novel, and as the title suggests, a head injury in the Korean War means that Tanner doesn't sleep. He spends his time reading,...
Hitt, Jack, et al., Perfect Murder, The: So my plan to booklog daily in fifteen-minute increments stopped almost before it began, but I have a book that has to go back to the library tomorrow that I want to quote from, specifically The Perfect Murder, by Jack...