The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian

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Summary: THE BURGLAR'S WORLD
Review: Review by Nina Coombs Pykare, author of DEATH COMES FOR DESDEMONA. As always Bernie Rohdenbarr gets himself mixed up in a murder. And as always Larry Block gives us a fascinating world where the burglar is 'the good guy' and an 'honest cop' limits his take. This time it's a kidnapped cat and a painting by Mondrian that push the plot. I love the way Block drops little allusions to literature. He makes me laugh. A great read.

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Summary: Block and Bernie do it again!
Review: Somewhere in cyberspace by review of "The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian" got lost. Once again Bernie the bookseller/burglar/sleuth has to solve the crime. Our favorite characters, Carolyn Kaiser, who runs a dig grooming parlor and Ray Kirschmann, the best cop money can buy, are there. The story which deals with a kidnapped cat, or should I say a catnapped cat, and a forged and genuine Mondrian paintings mixed with murder makes this another well written "The Burglar who entry."

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Summary: The burglar we root for
Review: There's a song that goes: "Born to bad/That's the history of my life/Doin' things wrong is my way of doing things right". That's Bernie Rothembar, for sure. In "Mondriani", mr. Block surrounds our adorable burglar with great characters. The end of the book made me laugh out from joy.

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Summary: Like always, funny, interesting read.
Review: While Bernie seems to be in a similar predicament time after time, it never gets dull. And while all of the books I've read so far in the Bernie series are funny, this one seemed to be exceptionally so.

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Summary: If only we could all paint as well as Bernie
Review: You know? I really do not care about the last 50 pages of a Bernie Rhodenbarr book. It does not matter to me who did it, since we all know that it could never be "Mrs Rhodenbarr's boy, Bernie". What is important is to read the wonderful characters and how they interact. When I finish each Burglar book, I want to get the next one and spend more time with these unique characters.