Aspiring novelist Danny Duffy needs cash fast before his neurotic ex-wife has him arrested for nonpayment of alimony. But can Danny avoid the law when Gentleman Thief Packard Hale the Third lures him into committing a series of madcap capers involving the theft of a priceless Chinese vase, a state-of-the-art lawnmower, and a curiously valuable souvenir blanket from Branson, Missouri? The Gentleman Thief Steals a Blanket offers larceny with laughter and heists with hilarity.