"Bernie Rhodenbarr may be New York's most charming bookseller (by day) and its most skillful burglar (by night), but the modern world isn't kind to either of his vocations... Tempted to steal a priceless diamond from the penthouse apartment of a swinish entrepreneur, Bernie goes out drinking with his best friend Carolyn instead. But when he wakes up with something much stranger than a hangover, he realizes he's got the opportunity of a lifetime if only he can figure out what to do with it"--
