Lieberman's Thief
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Publisher Description
An Edgar Award–winning author steals the show again in "a beautifully calibrated mix of wit, suspense, and quiet honesty" (The Washington Post Book World).
It should have been an easy score—a suburban house on a quiet cul-de-sac, with the owners scheduled to be gone all night. But career burglar George Patniks has chosen the wrong time to go breaking and entering, because tonight Harvey Rozier will murder his wife. Patniks is the only witness to the brutal killing, but of course he can't go to the police.
Wise, world-weary Homicide Det. Abe Lieberman has been lied to a lot in his long career on the Chicago police force. Rozier's claim of a robbery-gone-wrong just doesn't add up, but Lieberman needs hard evidence to confirm his gut instinct. Along with his partner, Bill Hanrahan, Lieberman is looking for a break—and he just might get one . . . if the killer doesn't catch the thief first.
"Outstanding . . . Another stellar performance, alight with menace and compassion." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The fourth in Kaminsky's Chicago mystery series starring put-upon detective Abe Lieberman begins with a career burglar stealing into a home only to witness the man of the house murdering his wife. George Patnicks, the small-time thief--who's also a good painter--goes into hiding from both the homeowner and the cops. While working on the case, Lieberman contends with his off-the-charts cholesterol count and his partner's romancing of a Chinese woman whose powerful benefactor takes a dim view of a recovering-drunk Irish cop's pursuit of his beloved charge. ``The Jewish policeman who looked like an old, tired dog'' (as he appears to the sister of another thief) also faces his daughter's failing marriage, the rabbi who wants to buy the Lieberman house and the wily band of old-timers at the local deli, who crack wise and, as usual, threaten to steal the detective's thunder. Kaminsky keeps all these balls in the air, expertly juggling the moods of his prose: comic, scary, murderous. If only Lieberman could work the same magic with his diet.
