TY - BOOK AU - Block,Lawrence TI - The burglar in the closet SN - 0394423747 : AV - PZ4.B6533PS3552.L63 Br U1 - 813.54 PY - 1978/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - Rhodenbarr, Bernie (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Thieves KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - gsafd N1 - It's hard to ignore someone with his hands in your mouth. Bernie Rhodenbarr's all ears when Dr. Sheldrake, his dentist, starts complaining about his detestable, soon-to-be-ex wife, and happens to mention the valuable diamonds she keeps lying around the apartment. Since Bernie's been known to supplement his income as a bookstore owner with the not-so-occasional bout of high-rise burglary, a couple of nights later he's in the Sheldrake apartment with larceny on his mind -- and has to duck into a closet when the lady of the house makes an unexpected entrance. Unfortunately he's still there when an unseen assailant does Mrs. Sheldrake in . . . and then vanishes with the jewels ER -