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|summary=Hugely welcome addition to one of the all-time classic comic crime series. Wonderful.
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The return of Lawrence Block's wonderful burglar, Bernie Rhodenbarr, 9 nine years after the tenth novel in the series, was my most-anticipated book release for an awfully long time. It is an absolute pleasure to report that the character has lost none of his charm, Block's writing is as superb as ever, and the plot is as ingenious as in any of the previous 10. I say that having reread them all in the twelve months before reading this one. This is up there along with ''The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart'' as my favourite in the series. For newcomers to the series, I'd definitely recommend starting at the beginning, but if you do want to dive into this one, you definitely can without feeling too lost.
Block mentioned in an interview recently that there was a lot here that fans would find familiar - Bernie and his best friend Carolyn meeting up at the Bum Rap, Bernie getting involved with lovely young women, and of course the traditional scene in which he draws all of the suspects involved with several crimes - and possible crimes - and utters the immortal words ''I suppose you're wondering why I summoned you all here.''
