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Bernie Rhodenbarr, bookseller-by-day, burglar-by-night is back in action in his ninth outing. Our burglar finds himself in a jam when he agrees to break into the Paddington Hotel and steal the letters of a famous novelist. Once he arrives, he finds the letters gone, and the agent's dead body...and the police fast on his trail.

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劳伦斯•布洛克,享誉世界的美国侦探小说大师,当代硬汉派侦探小说最杰出的代表。他的小说不仅在美国备受青睐,而且跨越了大西洋,完全征服了自诩为侦探小说故乡的欧洲。

侦探小说界最重要的两个奖项,爱伦•坡奖的终身成就奖和钻石匕首奖均肯定了劳伦斯的大师地位。此外,他曾三次获爱伦•坡奖,两获马耳他之鹰奖,四获夏姆奖(后两个奖项都是重要的硬汉派侦探小说奖项)。