Very Good, Very Bernie in a few words ( )

locked-room-mystery, books

Bernie Rhodenbarr is called outside of Manhattan to deliver a very special book of questionable provenance to an eccentric book collector. VERY eccentric. What happens next is the mystery. ( )

Short story addition to the Burglar series, one of my favorites. This one is too short and suffers, I think, from being too predictable. I don't mind knowing in advance what the outcome or solution might be, but this locked room mystery just seemed too obvious (except perhaps for the mirror business.) Enjoyable and cheap. ( )