Burglar who counted the spoons, paperback/lawrence block

11th novel in the Bernie Rhodenbarr series.

Rhodenbarr and his lesbian sidekick Carolyn Kaiser find themselves breaking into houses, apartments, and even a museum, in a madcap adventure replete with American Colonial silver, an F.

Scott Fitzgerald manuscript, a priceless portrait, and a remarkable array of buttons.

And, wouldnt you know it, theres a dead body, all stretched out on a Trent Barling carpet.