{"id":1807,"date":"2016-11-17T10:07:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T18:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2017-12-18T08:28:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T16:28:14","slug":"review-the-burglar-in-the-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/17\/review-the-burglar-in-the-closet\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Burglar in the Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/402737\" style=\"float: left;padding-right: 20px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1347776944m\/402737.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Burglar in the Closet\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/402737\">The Burglar in the Closet<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17613\">Lawrence Block<\/a><br \/>\n      My rating: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1814532173\">3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      How many books has Lawrence Block written, a thousand? And this is one of them. Bernie is back, making good on the promise Block saw when he finished the first novel. A gritty one-off turned into a fun little romp, and Bernie had enough stuff going for him to try his hand at another murder. This one has a dentist in it, an artist, a lawyer, and a bartender. I&#8217;m pretty sure these books write themselves.<\/p>\n<p>You have to love the contrast between Rhodenbarr and Scudder, Block&#8217;s other murder-mytsery solver. Bernie picks locks, lives off the wages of this ill gotten gains, makes jokes wouldn&#8217;t hurt a fly. Whereas Scudder mostly knocks on doors, reluctantly takes the money clients give him, only allows for some gallows humor now and then, and has killed more than once.<\/p>\n<p>And both of them in Manhattan in the 70s. It&#8217;s a very different Manhattan, Upper West Side versus Hell&#8217;s Kitchen. Bernie&#8217;s corner has few prostitutes, more momsers. <\/p>\n<p>Like I said, a quick read, and if you&#8217;re wondering if you should bother: sure, why not. You read the first one, and as slim as these Burglar novels are, they could all be bound in the same volume. Call this one chapter two.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1814532173\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Burglar in the Closet by Lawrence Block My rating: 3 of 5 stars How many books has Lawrence Block written, a thousand? And this is one of them. Bernie is back, making good on the promise Block saw when he finished the first novel. 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