The Arkwright home had a first-rate burglar alarm, Fischer Systems' model NCN-30.

The way I hear it, you're not just a garden-variety burglar, either.

Let there not be a burglar alarm, I urged the good Dismas.

Groggy, I thought my house alarm was announcing a burglar or fire.

A red light glowed within, indicating that the burglar alarm was set.

Thank God for burglar alarms and pickproof locks and tight security systems.

We can't be absolutely sure because your wife didn't see the burglar.

Bernie the burglar series aren't just good mysteries, they are supreme escapism.

Wade took out his kit of burglar's tools and went to work.

Who else but a born burglar would see the story that way?

If a burglar was ransacking Bedelia Morse's house, that was his business.

She almost hoped it was a burglar; the other alternative was scarier.

He displayed the pistol, at the sight of which the burglar hesitated.

The break-in - which occurred late on Sunday - triggered burglar alarms.

Considerate of them, I thought, to leave a light for the burglar.

A pretty fine burglar you make, it seems, when the time comes.