Not my favorite in the series, but an enjoyable read none the less. I had a friend who started with this one, and although it’s ok, I’m glad it wasn’t my first. It had the same cozy feel, with the comfortable wit of Bernie’s that I have grown used to. I am really gonna hate it when I get to the end of the series. They have a sort of ‘good guy wins’ vibe (except of course for the dead guys) to it that I have really grown to like. This one was no exception. I think I’m even going to miss Carolyn and Raffles the cat. Gotta say the ending wasn’t as satisfactory on this one as I liked. I like nice neat ends. ( )

Bernie is a book seller in New York and a Buglar. He plans a weekend in an English style cottage with his girlfriend, but she has other plans. He bring his friend Carolyn instead. The house is isolated by the snow. The setting is the typical setting of agatha Christy. But the end of the story is in Chandler style.
I like the dialogs, their wittiness. ( )

We listened to this on tape in the car. Good characters, funny dialog. ( )

What's Bernie Rhodenbarr doing in the country? He is a New York kind of guy, an urbane antiquarian bookseller who moonlights as a buttoned down burglar. Until an impossibly rare Raymond Chandler novel dedicated to Dashiell Hammett lures him and his buddy, Carolyn, from their own turf to the hills of Western Massachusetts. Before they knows it, they're smack in the middle of Agatha Christie country and you know what that means. A classic English country house. A guest list awash in eccentricity. And the snow keeps falling. And the bridge is out. And the phone lines are cut. And, one by one, somebody's killing off the guests. And...shhhh! There's a burglar in the library!

A good, light-hearted Sunday afternoon read. ( )

The best of this excellent series which features 'the burglar'of the title,Bernie Rhodenbarr. ( )