who steals my books probably does not appreciate them anyway

[mayhap]

Somebody stole my copy of The Laughter of Dead Kings off my porch while I was out of town for my grandfather's funeral. Who does that? I mean, John would have at least had the decency to replace it with an identical copy such that I would never have been able to tell the difference.

Couldn't they at least have returned the opened Amazon box when it proved to have a book in it instead of a couple of DVD box sets or something? Is that so much to ask from the modern postal thief?