Bernie Rhodenbarr #8: The Burglar in the Library by Lawrence Block

But healing his wounded heart isn’t Bernie’s sole concern. Bookselling Bernie’s always in search of a valuable edition – this time it’s a rare first edition of Raymond Chandler’s ‘The Big Sleep’, autographed to, of all people, Dashiell Hammett. And it’s somewhere in the Cuttleford House library. But during his nightly prowl, Bernie finds unexpected company in the form of a corpse.

Next morning everyone else finds the body too. Now, with everyone pointing fingers at everyone else, Bernie’s got to catch the culprit – before there’s another murder. And let’s not forget that book, which has mysteriously disappeared from the library shelves …