“Thieves’ Honor” is John Lutz's first published short story, published in ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE in 1966.

Excerpt

NED SPANGLER, that anonymous wisp of thievery known, to the po-lice only as "The Monkey Burglar," gripped the rope with strong gloved hands as he lowered himself down the brick wall of the apartment building to the Vonderhursts' bedroom window. Eight stories below him the Ninth Avenue traffic continued to stream by, a myriad of moving lights, faint sounds muted by the night air. The office building across the street was dark, no danger of being seen. Cautiously, he moved his head to look into the Vonderhurst apartment.

The light was on in the bedroom, showing it to be unoccupied, but what Spangler was after lay carefully arranged on the oversized bed. He carefully tried the window and it raised with very little noise.

John Lutz Short Story Collection

Kitty
Plague
Shell Game
Stutter Step
The President’s Cat Is Missing
Thieves′ Honor
Typographical Error
With Anchovies
Veterans

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