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, wouldn't you know it, there's a dead body, all stretched out on a Trent Barling carpet...