Chip Harrison is back. This time he finds a bus ticket to Bordentown, South Carolina. Chip gets himself into trouble and then charmed the local sheriff who helps him get his Social Security card a driver's license. Lands a job as a bouncer at the local bordello and falls in love with the preacher's daughter. Better than No Score but a far cry from Block's series about Bernie Rhodenbarr and Matt Scudder it is light enjoyable reading.

I'm a Lawrence Block/Matt Scudder fan. Can't get enough of that Matt Scudder.

So, I thought Block's other stuff might be just as good: not so. Hit man was a dissapointment and so was this.

Lame jokes: boring story. Too many characters who are alike -- how many men can we stand? Blatantly crude gratuitous "sex" scene. Sad

Laurence Block has become a recent obsession of mine. I love all of his books I have read, and in the week and a half I have been working on them, I have read somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 books. This was another great Chip. Everyone should read this.

"The Topless Tulip Caper," by Lawrence Block is the fourth and final book (as of this date) in a series of novels about Chip Harrison, the teen-age assistant to Leon Haig, who billed himself the world famous detective in "Five Little Rich Girls." (Which was also republished under the title, "Make Out With Murder." Now Haig agrees author's Rex Stout's famous detective, Nero Wolfe is the world's greatest detective. The novel is short, under 200 pages. In this story Tulip Willing is a topless dancer, hence the title. She's a tropical fish fancier and a biologist who call upon Haig in his capacity as a detective because he too is a tropical fish expert. Tulip's fish are poisoned and this leads to the murder of her roommate, Cherry Bounce on the stage of the Treasure Chest. Chip is sent out to investigate for his boss Haig. This Chip Harrison novels has the same brand of wit as the others and similar to Block's "The Burglar Who...." Series featuring Bernie Rhodenbarr. Both series light reading but certainly not as deep as the Matt Scudder mystery novels. Block is a very good writer. I have read most of series books, with the exception of the Evan Turner books which are on my to find and read list.

I've been an avid fan of Lawrence Block's works, and only recently read the Chip Harrison series. This collection includes "Five Little Rich Girls", and "The Topless Tulip Caper", the third and fourth installments in the series. I enjoyed the first story the best, the writing style is unmistakably Lawrence Block. Chip Harrison, an 'detective's assistant' is like Bernie Rhodenbarr (from Block's Burglar series) meets Keller (from Hit Man and Hit List). Leo Haig is your classic genius detective, despite his occasional dottiness. The stories are well written, but a bit risqué. "Five Little Rich Girls" was originally published as "Makeout with Murder" for a good reason. There's more of the same in the "Topless Tulip Caper". They're quick reads, so if you're looking for some fun, pick it up - the title's getting a bit scarce.

No Score refers to the title characters inability to complete the sex act with numerous partners throughout the story. Lawrence Block is one of my favorite authors. He must have written this book when he desperately needed the money. It should not have been republished

Lawrence Block is known as a mystery writer, and I like his mysteries very much. Probably because publishers are jerks, this book is billed as a mystery. It isn't. There is very little suspense, and no mystery at all. This book is erotic fiction. If you know that before you read it, so that you are not disappointed by the lack of mystery, you may well enjoy it very much: it is *very* good erotic fiction