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.
Bernie''s got to come out of the closet some time. But when he does, he''ll be facing a rap for a murder he didn''t commit -- and for a burglary he certainly attempted -- unless he can hunt down the killer who left him hanging.
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