{"id":1646,"date":"2026-01-03T21:42:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-burglar-on-the-prowl-block-lawrence\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T21:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T21:42:44","slug":"the-burglar-on-the-prowl-block-lawrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-burglar-on-the-prowl-block-lawrence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Burglar on the Prowl – Block, Lawrence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One<\/span><\/p>\n

The man,\u201d said my friend Marty Gilmartin, \u201cis an absolute\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Two<\/span><\/p>\n

A wall safe,\u201d Carolyn Kaiser said. \u201cHe was straightening the\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Three<\/span><\/p>\n

I went back to the bookstore and opened up, and\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Four<\/span><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t really have to go home first. I was\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Five<\/span><\/p>\n

Turning around and walking down the driveway and away from\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Six<\/span><\/p>\n

On the prowl.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Seven<\/span><\/p>\n

The first place that looked good to me was a\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Eight<\/span><\/p>\n

What a feeling!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nine<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried not to listen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ten<\/span><\/p>\n

If Crandall Oaktree Mapes is a shitheel\u2014\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Eleven<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a nice suit,\u201d I said. \u201cArmani?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twelve<\/span><\/p>\n

The first time I met Wally Hemphill, I\u2019d just been\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirteen<\/span><\/p>\n

They came to the Poodle Factory,\u201d Carolyn said, \u201csometime around\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fourteen<\/span><\/p>\n

If anybody had been waiting to ambush me, there wouldn\u2019t\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fifteen<\/span><\/p>\n

Whoever they were, I guess they must have stocked up\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Sixteen<\/span><\/p>\n

Since my clean-shaven doorman had put himself back to\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Seventeen<\/span><\/p>\n

I took less than an hour for lunch, and was\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Eighteen<\/span><\/p>\n

Okay,\u201d Ray said. \u201cLet\u2019s go over it one more time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nineteen<\/span><\/p>\n

I was getting ready to close when Ray Kirschmann turned\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty<\/span><\/p>\n

By 8:45 I was sitting behind the wheel of a\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-One<\/span><\/p>\n

We stayed with the West Side Drive while it became\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-Two<\/span><\/p>\n

I hadn\u2019t heard a car, hadn\u2019t heard so much as\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-Three<\/span><\/p>\n

When I got back to Arbor Court, there was a\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-Four<\/span><\/p>\n

The fat man took the book.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-Five<\/span><\/p>\n

If it\u2019s all the same to you, or even if\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-Six<\/span><\/p>\n

The trouble with Thank God It\u2019s Friday, I\u2019ve occasionally thought\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-Seven<\/span><\/p>\n

The rain stopped sometime after midnight Saturday, too late to\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-Eight<\/span><\/p>\n

I give up, Bern. Who the hell are these guys?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Twenty-Nine<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a little before seven when I mounted the\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty<\/span><\/p>\n

A burglar,\u201d she said. \u201cI never met a burglar before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-One<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday morning Carolyn and I counted money. We went straight\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-Two<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pretenders have a rule against conducting business on club\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-Three<\/span><\/p>\n

It was after ten when I left Marisol\u2019s apartment. I\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-Four<\/span><\/p>\n

The lock on William Johnson\u2019s front door was nothing special\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-Five<\/span><\/p>\n

Bern, I hate to say it, but you don\u2019t look\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-Six<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a bell, of course, but I used the\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-Seven<\/span><\/p>\n

Once upon a time,\u201d I said, \u201cthere were three independent\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-Eight<\/span><\/p>\n

I liked the phrase enough to say it again. \u201cThe long\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Thirty-Nine<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course we\u2019re speaking hypothetically,\u201d Michael Quattrone said. His eyes\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Forty<\/span><\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t gone long, and when they came back, well\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Forty-One<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks, Maxine. You\u2019re a lifesaver, and don\u2019t ask me what\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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