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Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 38 - The Mother Hunt
Part #38 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
The Mother Hunt is the 18th novel by the Grandmaster of Mystery to be reissued in the Rex Stout Library. It's a matter of maternity that brings Lucy Valdon to the brownstone on West 35th, after a baby is left on her doorstep.
Robert Goldsborough - Nero Wolfe 50 - The Bloodied Ivy
Part #50 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Robert Goldsborough
When a great thinker takes a nasty tumble, Wolfe goes back to schoolA conservative academic, so far to the right that he thought Ronald Reagan was a pinko, Hale Markham rules Prescott University like an intellectual tyrant—right up until the morning he is found dead at the bottom of one of Prescott's famously beautiful ravines. Every liberal on campus hated the crotchety old crank, but which one is responsible for giving Markham his final push to the right?The case so intrigues the incomparable, reclusive master detective Nero Wolfe that he takes the unusual step of leaving the confines of his home. With man of action Archie Goodwin at his side, Wolfe examines jealous professors, a fanatical assistant, and a university president with an ego that—like the school itself—will not stop growing. Though they are far from the city, Wolfe and Goodwin will find that no back alley is as dangerous as the shadowy corridors of the Ivy League.
The Confessions of Young Nero
Margaret George
Historical Fiction
The New York Times bestselling and legendary author of Helen of Troy and Elizabeth I now turns her gaze on Emperor Nero, one of the most notorious and misunderstood figures in history.
Built on the backs of those who fell before it, Julius Caesar's imperial dynasty is only as strong as the next person who seeks to control it. In the Roman Empire no one is safe from the sting of betrayal: man, woman or child.
As a boy, Nero's royal heritage becomes a threat to his very life, first when the mad emperor Caligula tries to drown him, then when his great aunt attempts to secure her own son's inheritance. Faced with shocking acts of treachery, young Nero is dealt a harsh lesson: it is better to be cruel than dead.
While Nero idealizes the artistic and athletic principles of Greece, his very survival rests on his ability to navigate the sea of vipers that is Rome. The most lethal of all is his own mother, a cold-blooded woman whose singular goal is to control the empire. With cunning and poison, the obstacles fall one by one. But as Agrippina's machinations earn her son a title he is both tempted and terrified to assume, Nero's determination to escape her thrall will shape him into the man he was fated to become, an Emperor who became legendary.
With impeccable research and captivating prose, The Confessions of Young Nero is the story of a boy's ruthless ascension to the throne. Detailing his journey from innocent youth to infamous ruler, it is an epic tale of the lengths to which man will go in the ultimate quest for power and survival.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 29 - Three for the Chair
Part #29 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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One thing is certain to distract Nero Wolfe from his culinary and horticultural pursuits: murder. This time Wolfe and his able assistant, Archie Goodwin, are put in the hot seat when they are called upon to investigate three different murders.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 37 - Homicide Trinity
Part #37 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Nero Wolfe attempts to find the killer who murdered his victim with Wolfe's own necktie, and he encounters a list of bizarre suspects, including a gun-toting wife and a cop-hating landlady.
Robert Goldsborough - Nero Wolfe 51 - Last Coincidence
Part #51 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Robert Goldsborough
After the heir to a frozen-food fortune gets iced, Wolfe's right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, becomes a suspectWhen Lily Rowan doesn't laugh at his jokes, Archie Goodwin knows something is wrong. Her niece Noreen has been running around with Sparky Linville, a club-hopping bad boy who is the terror of Manhattan nightlife. And the last time she went out with him, Noreen wasn't herself when she came home. All she would tell her aunt was that she had been assaulted.Springing into action, Goodwin waits for Linville outside of Morgana's, a chrome-and-glass palace that sits like a wart on Second Avenue. They nearly come to blows, but Linville's bodyguard intervenes, and Goodwin retreats to plan his next move. In the morning Linville is dead, and Goodwin is the chief suspect. For years he has helped rotund genius Nero Wolfe out of jams, and now it is time for the master detective to return the favor.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 46 - A Family Affair
Part #46 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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When a bomb kills his favorite waiter from his favorite restaurant, sedentary sleuth and gourmand Nero Wolfe is determined to go to any length to find the killer.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 32 - Plot It Yourself
Part #32 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, are called in by a consortium of publishers and writers to investigate several cases of false plagiarism, but the probe soon becomes complicated by murder.
The Tower of Nero
Rick Riordan
Children's / Science Fiction & Fantasy
At last, the breathtaking, action-packed finale of the #1 bestselling Trials of Apollo series is here!Will the Greek god Apollo, cast down to earth in the pathetic moral form of a teenager named Lester Papadopoulos, finally regain his place on Mount Olympus?Lester's demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Now the former god and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Lester's final challenge will be at the Tower of Nero, back in New York.Will Meg have a last showdown with her father?Will this helpless form of Apollo have to face his arch nemesis, Python?Who will be on hand at Camp Half-Blood to assist?These questions and more will be answered in this book that all demigods are eagerly awaiting.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 15 - Trouble in Triplicate
Part #15 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 40 - The Doorbell Rang
Part #40 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Hired to help society widow Rachel Bruner foil bothersome Feds, Nero Wolfe and his able assistant Archie get in over their heads with highly trained G-men who are adept at bugs, tails, and threats.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 35 - The Final Deduction
Part #35 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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When the seemingly safe return of an abducted millionaire ends in his murder in his own home, Nero Wolfe sends Archie Goodwin to do his usual legwork, while Wolfe uncovers corruption and greed among Manhattan's elite.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 45 - Please Pass the Guilt
Part #45 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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A Mets fan with a phony name and a millionaire client arrive just in time to provide a case for Nero Wolfe to pay the rent. The bizarre visitors are in a frenzy about a death trap explosion in the discreet whiskey drawer of a top TV executive. To crack this case of bombs and bourbon, the indolent genius and his energetic assistant must pick their way though corporate chicanery, vile ambition... and a healthy swig of murder.
The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe
Josh Pachter
Stories that pay tribute to Rex Stout's legendary private detective by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Goldsborough, and more. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been widely flattered almost from the moment Rex Stout first wrote about them in 1934. The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe collects two dozen literary tributes to one of crime fiction's best-loved private detectives and his Man Friday. Included are: A 1947 pastiche by award-winning crime writer Thomas NarcejacRollicking new stories written especially for this collection by Michael Bracken and Robert LoprestiStories by bestselling authors including Lawrence Block and Loren D. EstlemanChapters from Robert Goldsborough's authorized continuation of the Wolfe series; Marion Mainwaring's 1955 tour de force Murder in Pastiche; and John Lescroart's Rasputin's Revenge, which reimagines...
Nero Awakening
Part #3 of "The Neron Rising Saga" series by Keary Taylor
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance / Young Adult
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 13 - And Be a Villain
Part #13 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Radio talk show host Madeline Fraser's worst nightmare comes true when one of her on-air guests collapses at the mike after drinking a glass of the sponsor's beverage.From the Paperback edition.
Robert Goldsborough - Nero Wolfe 55 - Archie Meets Nero Wolfe
Part #55 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Robert Goldsborough
To become part of the Nero Wolfe legend, Archie Goodwin must prove his worthArchie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks—with a pair of hot lead slugs. Dismissed from his job for being "trigger-happy," he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective's assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside Piano Heist, the Rive Gauche Art Gallery Swindle, and the Sumner-Hayes Burglary. But it's the kidnapping of Tommie Williamson, the son of a New York hotel magnate, that introduces Goodwin to the man who will change his life.Young Tommie has gone missing, and only one detective is built for the job: Nero Wolfe, the heavyset genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street. Together they will form one of the most unlikely crime fighting duos in history—but first Goodwin must find Tommie Williamson, and prove to Wolfe that he deserves...
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 42 - Death of a Doxy
Part #42 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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When an old acquaintance and fellow P.I. is accused of murdering a kept woman, Nero Wolfe investigates and finds several suspects in a mystery blackmailer, a sexy lounge singer, and a cold-blooded lady-killer.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 07 - Over My Dead Body
Part #7 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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When a Balkan beauty gets in trouble over some missing diamonds, whom else can she turn to but the world-famous Nero Wolfe? Especially since she claims to be Wolfe's long lost daughter! The stakes are suddenly raised when a student at this woman's fencing school ends up dead after a pointed lesson. As Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, thrust and parry into a tangle of documents, identities and international intrigue, another student body turns up, expertly skewered through the heart. Is Wolfe's long lost daughter the black sheep of the family, a hot-blooded mistress of murder?From the Paperback edition.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 18 - Murder by the Book
Part #18 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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When everyone who has read Leonard Dykes's unpublished manuscript--including the author himself--is found dead, Nero Wolfe, along with his sidekick, decides to set a trap.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 10 - Not Quite Dead Enough
Part #10 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Called upon to investigate a sinister "accident" involving national security, Nero Wolfe must set the traps that will catch the pair of wily killers responsible.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 20 - Prisoner's Base
Part #20 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Hours after Priscilla Eads pleads with him to take her case, Nero Wolfe is shocked to find out that she was murdered, and soon he is investigating her fortune-hunting husband and greedy business associates.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 14 - The Second Confession
Part #14 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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When a millionaire businessman hires the sedentary detective to snoop on his daughter's boyfriend, Wolfe finds himself caught in a labyrinthine case involving drugged drinks, murderous debutantes, and a gangland boss.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 24 - Three Men Out
Part #24 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 12 - Too Many Women
Part #12 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Archie, Nero Wolfe's assistant, goes undercover to investigate a murder at a Wall Street firm, where he discovers a fringe benefit: hundreds of women work there. Everyone's alibi is air-tight, so Archie and Wolfe set a trap. Which woman will fall into it?
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 33 - Too Many Clients
Part #33 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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A bidding war for his services interrupts Nero Wolfe's attempts to solve the case of the businessman who died in his love nest--a case in which the police seem oddly uninterested.
Darkness and Dawn; Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero. An Historic Tale
F. W. Farrar
Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can\'t be restored." Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books.There are now 65,000 titles available (that\'s an incredible 25 million pages) of material ranging from works by famous names such as Dickens, Trollope and Hardy as well as many forgotten literary gems , all of which can now be printed on demand and purchased right here on Amazon.Further information on The British Library and its digitisation programme can be found on The British Library website.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
Henryk Sienkiewicz
History / Historical Fiction
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. "Quo vadis Domine" is Latin for "Where are you going, Lord?" and alludes to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, in which Peter flees Rome but on his way meets Jesus and asks him why he is going to Rome. Jesus says, "I am going back to be crucified again", which makes Peter go back to Rome and accept martyrdom. The novel Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman, Ligia, and Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero, c. AD 64. Sienkiewicz studied the Roman Empire extensively prior to writing the novel, with the aim of getting historical details correct. Consequently, several historical figures appear in the book. As a whole, the novel carries an outspoken pro-Christian message. Published in installments in three Polish dailies in 1895, it came out in book form in 1896 and has since been translated into more than 50 languages. Quo Vadis contributed to Sienkiewicz\'s Nobel Prize for literature in 1905. This book has a beautiful glossy cover and a blank page for the dedication.
Nero Blood
Part #4 of "The Neron Rising Saga" series by Keary Taylor
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance / Young Adult
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 25 - Before Midnight
Part #25 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Cheaters never prosper, but Nero Wolfe encounters one who kills trying. At the Pour Amour perfume riddle contest, a million dollars goes to the contestant who can answer five questions. Someone doesn't like the heat of competition, so he murders the contest founder and steals the answers to the riddles. Now Wolfe has to sniff down a trail of clues that leads disturbingly close to home.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 27 - Three Witnesses
Part #27 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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In three cases--a millionaire who writes his own death warrant, a dog who becomes a killer's worst enemy, and an answering service which refuses to talk about a murder--three witnesses hold the solution for detective Rex Stout.
Robert Goldsborough - Nero Wolfe 54 - The Missing Chapter
Part #54 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Robert Goldsborough
When a loudmouthed author gets silenced, Wolfe looks for the triggermanThe gun was fired close to Charles Childress's head, and his were the only fingerprints on it, forcing the police to conclude that the author committed suicide. But his friends know this is impossible, because Childress loved himself far too much. He had just begun attracting fame, writing new mysteries starring the iconic Sergeant Barnstable, and he had bright hopes for the future. His publisher hires corpulent genius Nero Wolfe to determine who cut Childress's career short, and the detective finds no dearth of suspects.Among the many who may have wanted the wordsmith whacked are his agent, his editor, a corrupt book reviewer, and an enraged legion of Barnstable devotees. With the help of his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin, Wolfe takes a look at those closest to the arrogant, argumentative author, hoping to decide which of Childress's associates merely hated him, and which would have been...
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 39 - A Right to Die
Part #39 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears.Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did.Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The police say her black fiance did it, but Wolfe has other ideas. Before he's done, he'll prove that good intentions and bad deeds often go hand in hand and that the highest ideals can sometimes have the deadliest consequences.From the Paperback edition.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 44 - Death of a Dude
Part #44 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, leave West Thirty-fifth Street for a Montana dude ranch to clear an innocent man of a murder charge.
Robert Goldsborough - Nero Wolfe 53 - Silver Spire
Part #53 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Robert Goldsborough
When a fellow shamus gets charged with murder, Wolfe comes to his rescueStaten Island would be forgettable were it not for the gleaming Tabernacle of the Silver Spire, where thousands of congregants come every Sunday to hear the sermons of Barnabas Bay. Millions more tune in on television, giving the good Reverend international fame, and a chance to spread the gospel from New York City's harbor all the way to South Korea. But threatening notes have been appearing in the collection bag, suggesting that one of the faithful has decided it's time this good shepherd get the hook.Believing organized religion is nothing more than a scam, rotund sleuth Nero Wolfe refuses to investigate the threats, instead recommending veteran investigator Fred Durkin for the case. But when Durkin is accused of murdering the Reverend's assistant, Wolfe fights to clear his name. He may not be a Christian, but he will always help a brother in need.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 05 - Too Many Cooks
Part #5 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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The guest at a gathering of the greatest chefs in the world, Nero Wolfe must practice his own trade--sleuthing--when he discovers that a murderer is in their midst.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 22 - The Golden Spiders
Part #22 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Trying to determine why his last two clients were ruthlessly murdered, Nero Wolfe wonders if the answer is linked to a young boy who turns up at his brownstone apartment and finds clues in a gray Cadillac, a mysterious woman, and spider-shaped earrings.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 02 - The League of Frightened Men
Part #2 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Paul Chapin's college cronies never forgave themselves for the prank that crippled their friend. Yet with Harvard days behind them, they thought they were forgiven -- until a class reunion ends in a fatal fall. This league of frightened men seeks Nero Wolfe's help. But are Wolfe's brilliance and Archie's tenacity enough to outwit a most cunning killer?
Robert Goldsborough - Nero Wolfe 48 - Murder in E Minor
Part #48 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Robert Goldsborough
Two years after Wolfe's retirement, his past returns with deadly intentIt wasn't Nero Wolfe's idea for Orrie Cather to kill himself, but the great detective gave his blessing to his longtime associate's plan. Cather had killed three people, and it was only fair to pay the price. Though Wolfe reacted to Cather's death with his characteristic calmness, prize assistant Archie Goodwin could see the rotund genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street was shaken to his well-fed core. Wolfe decided his sleuthing days were finished.The detective's retirement lasts until the day Maria Radovich walks through his townhouse door. She is the daughter of Milos Stefanovic, New York Symphony conductor and long-ago compatriot of Wolfe's. Like Wolfe, Stefanovic spent his youth as a freedom fighter in the mountains of Montenegro. The conductor has been receiving death threats, and Wolfe agrees to come out of retirement to help his old friend. But before he can attack the case, Stefanovic is murdered,...
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 04 - The Red Box
Part #4 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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A lovely woman is dead, and the fortunes of overextended theatrical producer Llewellyn Frost depend on solving the mystery of the red box: two pounds of candied fruits, nuts and creams, covered with chocolate -- and laced with potassium cyanide.When Nero Wolfe's suspicion falls on Frost's kissing cousin, Frost wants the detective to kill the sickly sweet case--before it kills him.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 06 - Some Buried Caesar
Part #6 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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A prize bull, a restaurateur's tacky publicity stunt, a family feud (among the bull's owners), and the death of a family scion pit Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin against a special breed of killer.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 21 - Triple Jeopardy
Part #21 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Don't tempt Nero Wolfe to find the culprit. When foul play's the game, he always wins - and in these three crime puzzles, the stakes are high. First, there's little nourishment for the detective when someone drops a poison pellet into a vitamin addict's pillbox. Then, a murdered policeman leaves a clue folded in a newspaper, and Wolfe has to read the fine print to decipher his killer's identity. And what do you do when a chimp is the only witness to a crime? This is no time for monkeyshines from the world's most celebrated armchair detective.
Robert Goldsborough - Nero Wolfe 49 - Death on Deadline
Part #49 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Robert Goldsborough
To save his favorite newspaper, Wolfe steps into the crossfire of a tabloid warMaster sleuth Nero Wolfe's small circle of friends is limited to his assistant Archie Goodwin, his chef Fritz, and Lon Cohen, the head man at the New York Gazette. Cohen knows more about the city's power structure than any man in Manhattan, and for years he happily passed Wolfe information in return for the odd exclusive scoop. But now Cohen needs Wolfe's help, for the Gazette is ailing and the vultures have begun to circle.Scottish newspaper magnate Ian MacLaren plans to gut the paper and turn it into a sex-filled conservative rag. Standing in his way is the company's chief shareholder, Gazette heir Harriet Haverhill. But when the aged Ms. Haverhill dies in an apparent suicide, no one remains to resist the Scot's advances except Wolfe. MacLaren may be fierce, but when the cause is just, Nero Wolfe knows how to play dirty, too.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 03 - The Rubber Band
Part #3 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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What do a Wild West lynching and a respected English nobleman have in common? On the surface, absolutely nothing. But when a young woman hires his services, it becomes Nero Wolfe's job to look deeper and find the connection. A forty-year-old pact, a five-thousand-mile search, and a million-dollar murder are all linked to an international scandal that could rebound on the great detective and his partner, Archie, with fatal abruptness.
Nero
Mel Teshco
Can he protect her from his own enemy? Nero Hart is one of only seven alien survivors, all of whom are Strazanian rares blessed with special powers. But nothing can save them from their power-hungry enemies, the Dronians, who wiped out the innocent Strazanian people. Nero and the six other rares are forced to flee their planet and survive on Earth, where they each become human and lay low. Nero becomes Jack, a nondescript male whose memories are wiped out for his own safety. But he can't escape his past forever. Recollections start flooding back, compromising his very existence. The danger further snowballs when he rescues a gorgeous human woman from her violent ex. A woman he can't seem to let go. Brynn Monash was never a believer in fairytales, until her knight in shining armor appears and saves the day. Too bad her knight comes with scales and a fin, as well as bloodthirsty enemies determined to hunt him down. But Nero will do everything he must...
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 47 - Death Times Three
Part #47 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Archie Goodwin has his hands full when three baffling murders make him the recipient of a poisonous lunch, the fall guy for a beautiful woman, and the target of the U.S. Federal Government.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 23 - The Black Mountain
Part #23 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Vowing to avenge the murder of his dear friend, Marko Vukcic, Nero Wolfe, along with his faithful partner, Archie Goodwin, journey to the hazardous mountains of Montenegro.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 30 - Champagne for One
Part #30 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Faith Usher talked about taking her own life and even kept cyanide in her purse. So when she died from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone called it suicide--including the police. But Nero Wolfe isn't convinced--and neither is Archie. Especially when Wolfe is warned by four men against taking the case. Deception, blackmail, and a killer who may have pulled off the perfect crime...it' s a challenge Nero Wolfe can't resist.
The Art of Displacing Nero
Layla Dorine
Nero keeps his mind sharp and his body toned for the nights he spends stripping for horny men. In the light of day, however, he's bitter. Can his best friend Vance help restore his belief in love? Vance has always loved cooking. His dream is to return to the coast of Maine where he grew up to open his own restaurant. The closer he gets to that goal, the angrier he feels when Nero doesn't seem to have any goals or plans for the future. He wants better for Nero, even while harboring a secret dream that somewhere in Nero's future there might be a place for him.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 41 - Trio for Blunt Instruments
Part #41 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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If Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, would ever admit to an Achilles' heel-which they wouldn't-it would be a weakness for damsels in distress. In these three charming chillers the duo answer the call of helpless heroines with nothing to lose-except their lives. First a beautiful young Aphrodite comes to Nero looking for a hero-and the answer to the mystery of her father's death....Then an old flame of Archie's reignites with a plan that may corner him into a lifetime commitment-behind bars....And finally a detective's work is never done, as a hot tip leads the team into the sizzling center of a sexy scandal that could leave them cold-dead cold.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 36 - Gambit
Part #36 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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A private club is the setting for murder when Paul Jerim, playing chess with twelve opponents, is poisoned. When her father is accused of the murder, beautiful Sally Blount calls on gourmet detective Nero Wolfe to find the real killer.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 31 - And Four to Go
Part #31 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Nero Wolfe must track down a killer who murders his victims only during holidays and who, so far, has left Wolfe with four puzzling cases to unravel.
Taken by Nero Wolf (Magnificent Beasts Book 2)
Ana Calin
PrincessImagine this. A guy slips a sex drug into my drink, and my new boss saves me. Now my boss is the only one around to scratch my itch, but that's a big no no. You see, my boss is an alpha werewolf that women swoon over, a handsome beast that I'll mean nothing to. Yet the drug has gotten to my head. I'm dying to feel his big werewolf dick inside of me, and I'll beg if I have to. But when I wake up the next day….I wish the ground would split open and swallow me. How could I let Nero Wolf bang me on the hood of his Porsche like that? And what the heck am I hoping for now? He can never be mine, and not only because he roams the woods as a big black beast with golden eyes at night. But because he zipped up, and won't look back.Only he does. He says there's an evil plot behind the drug in my drink, the hand of a villain, and he wants to know—who and why? He's cool and reserved as we work together, but he goes ballistic when a new guy makes a move. I can't help wondering…. If our night together was nothing to him, why is he glaring at men around me like he could rip them apart?NeroThe choice was simple – bang Princess Skye, or watch her die. I had many women before her, and she shouldn't have been special.But the moment I dipped myself inside of her, the world tilted. Now it's enough to catch a whiff of her, and I grow hard. I lurk outside her door at night, breathing in her scent and jerking off. Damn, how I want to make her mine for good, but as alpha of my pack and protector of this town I have powerful enemies. They'd hunt her down and kill her. I have to turn my back on her, but….Someone had a deadly sex drug put in her drink, and I have to protect her until we find out who and why. But the more I'm around her, the more I crave her. I might save her from the villain who manipulated her drink, but in the meanwhile I'll become an infection in her life. Soon I realize – she'll have to kill me to ever get rid of me.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 09 - Black Orchids
Part #9 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Not much can get Wolfe to leave his comfortable brownstone, but the showing of a rare black orchid lures him to a flower show. Unfortunately, the much-anticipated event is soon overshadowed by a murder as daring as it is sudden. It's a case of weeding out a cunning killer who can turn up anywhere--and Wolfe must do it quickly. Because a second case awaits his urgent attention: a society widow on a mailing list of poison-pen letters leading to a plot as dark as any orchid Wolfe has ever encountered.
Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 34 - Three at Wolfe's Door
Part #34 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 17 - Three Doors to Death
Part #17 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
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Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe 08 - Where There's a Will
Part #8 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
Investigating the bizarre will of late multimillionaire Noel Hawthorne--who left the bulk of his estate to his mistress and nearly nothing to his three sisters--astute sleuth Nero Wolfe stumbles upon a legacy of murder.
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Part #44 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Death of a Dude
Product DescriptionSedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, leave West Thirty-fifth Street for a Montana dude ranch to clear an innocent man of a murder charge. From the PublisherThe mountain couldn't come to Wolfe, so the great detective came to the mountain--to Lame Horse, Montana, to be exact. Here a city slicker got a country girl pregnant and then took a bullet in the back. Wolfe's job was to get an innocent man exonerated of the crime and catch a killer in the process. But when he packed his silk pajamas and headed west, he found himself embroiled in a case rife with local cynicism, slipshod police work, and unpleasant political ramifications. In fact, Nero Wolfe was buffaloed until the real killer struck again, underestimating the dandified dude with an unerring instinct for detection.
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Curtains for Three
In these three baffling mysteries of motive and murder, even the great Nero Wolfe finds himself stumped. First there is the case of the two passionate lovebirds who want to make sure that neither is a cold-blooded killer. Then it's off to the races, where Wolfe must choose from a stable of five likely suspects to corral a killer on horseback. And finally the detective finds himself the confidant of a distraught, self-described grifter who claims a murderer is stalking Wolfe's own brownstone. Through brilliant deduction and inspired perseverance, the master of detection is determined to expose the truth behind the veils of illusion - and bring down the curtain on three all-too-clever murderers.
Wrapped Up in Crosswords
Nero Blanc
Santa comes to town, but crossword editor Belle Graham and her PI husband, Rosco Polycrates, may find this holiday more naughty than nice With Christmas approaching, Belle Graham and her husband, Rosco Polycrates, are getting into the holiday spirit. While Belle does her part creating a Noel crossword contest, Rosco dons red suit and snowy beard to collect toys for the town's annual children's drive. But his good will starts to dim when he and two Newcastle Police Department colleagues are mistaken for escaped convicts masquerading as small-town Santas. On the domestic front, Belle's canine bodyguards, Kit and Gabby, have their own ideas about holiday gift giving. Turns out everyone may be barking up the wrong tree. Can the canine corps come to the rescue in time for Christmas? This ebook includes four crossword puzzles that can be downloaded as PDFs, with answers in the back of the book.
A Crossworder's Holiday
Nero Blanc
Murder never takes a holiday—as husband-and-wife sleuths Belle Graham and Rosco Polycrates discover when they tackle five crimes hidden in crossword puzzles In "The Proof of the Pudding," Belle and Rosco interrupt their Vermont holiday to solve a crossword that's a recipe for murder. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is the setting for "A Partridge in a Pear Tree" as Rosco helps a college buddy crack a case of foul play concealed in a puzzle. "Mum's the Word" for mobster Freddy Five Fingers. Before he croaked, he was sending tip-offs to the cops via crosswords printed in the local tabloid. Now Belle and Rosco are in Philadelphia to help the Feds figure out Freddy's final puzzle. While in the Cotswolds to visit old friends, Belle and Rosco encounter "A Ghost of Christmas Past" when they find a fragment of a puzzle that holds clues to a haunted house's secret history. And in the title story, Belle and Rosco are enjoying a quiet Christmas in Nantucket when a...
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Part #1 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda -- whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison in his heart.From the Paperback edition.
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Not Quite Dead Enough
Product DescriptionCalled upon to investigate a sinister "accident" involving national security, Nero Wolfe must set the traps that will catch the pair of wily killers responsible.
The Nero Decree
Greg Williams
As the Nazis come to power in Germany, a violent argument over a secret key causes young Johann to lose the only parent he has left. Worse, it is his half-brother, Dieter, who commits this horrific act of betrayal. Although their fragile family bonds are irrevocably destroyed, the brothers’ paths are destined to cross again. Years later, Hitler’s army is on the verge of defeat as Soviet forces cross into Germany. Hiding in plain sight, Johann works to save German lives, secretly despising the Führer to whom Dieter has sworn his allegiance. Yet now it is Dieter who holds a terrible secret that threatens not just Johann and his family, but an entire city unsuspecting of the enemy within. As Germany falls before the Allies’ merciless advance, Johann and Dieter are locked in their own furious battle. Who will be left standing in the wreckage of their homeland? The fate of not only the brothers themselves, but the entire city of Berlin, rests in their hands.**
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Champagne for One
From Library JournalIn this 1958 Nero Wolfe mystery, the rotund, beer-guzzling supersleuth and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, endeavor to prove that a socialite's apparent suicide was actually a murder.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product DescriptionFaith Usher talked about taking her own life and even kept cyanide in her purse. So when she died from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone called it suicide—including the police. But Nero Wolfe isn’t convinced—and neither is Archie. Especially when Wolfe is warned by four men against taking the case. Deception, blackmail, and a killer who may have pulled off the perfect crime...it’ s a challenge Nero Wolfe can’t resist.
Nero: #2 (Luna Lodge: Hunters of Atlas)
Madison Stevens
Nero sees a stranger when he looks in the mirror. After years as a twisted beast-like creature, the hybrid soldier looks like any other human thanks to an injection by a dying Horatius Group scientist.
The change in appearance didn’t wipe away his guilt over his time with the ruthless Group. It also doesn’t make other hybrids trust him. They still see the beast enforcer for the Group and have no qualms about telling him, including Nyx, the only woman he’s ever desired.
Nyx isn’t about to accept Nero’s anything but a Horatius Group spy waiting for his opportunity to sell them all out. She’s also certain he’s trying to steal her position in the hybrid community. Unfortunately, she can’t seem to get her traitorous body to stop being attracted to him.
The Group may or may not be targeting the hybrids, but the suspicious Azilians still linger nearby, harboring a weapon of unimaginable power. A chance recon mission against the cult forces Nero and Nyx to confront both their enemies and their passion.
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Murder in the Ball Park
Part #9 of "Nero Wolfe Novels by Robert Goldsborough" series by Robert Goldsborough
Wolfe earns a big league call-up after a senator gets taken out at the ball game Archie Goodwin and Saul Panzer have ventured into the wilds of northern Manhattan to watch the Giants take on the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds. The national anthem is just winding down when Panzer spies a notable in the box seats: state senator Orson Milbank, a silver-haired scoundrel with enemies in every corner of upstate New York. In the fourth inning, a monstrous line drive brings every fan in the grandstand to his feet - every fan save for one silver-haired senator, who has been shot dead by a sniper in the upper deck. Archie's employer - the rotund genius Nero Wolfe - has no interest in investigating the stadium slaying, but Archie is swayed by the senator's suspiciously lovely widow. Her husband was mired hip-deep in corruption, and sorting out who killed him will be a task far less pleasant than an afternoon at the ball park.
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Too Many Clients
It's an attractive, interesting case for any detective. a business man turns up dead in a satin-lined room, a love den. Fleshy paintings adorn the walls and women's slippers line the closet. For Nero Wolfe, the best feature is that the cops haven't come to the scene yet, and he's got a jump on solving the crime.Just when he's about to dive in, new clients -- too many -- start coming out of the walls. That's a good problem to have, unless one of the clients is a killer."Many twists and turns...a full plate of intrigue." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
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Part #11 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
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Three Witnesses
Three witnesses hold all the clues in three crimes of passion that have even Nero Wolfe guessing to the very end. Did the dead millionaire who suddenly came back to life - only to end up dead again - write his own death warrant years before? Will the black Labrador retriever who follows Archie home prove that man's best friend is a killer's worst enemy? And in a case involving a telephone answering service with three very untalkative operators, could the great detective himself be the witness who will save an innocent man from the chair?
The Crossword Murder
Nero Blanc
Solving puzzles can be murder when a PI and a crossword editor join forces to catch a killer in the first novel of Nero Blanc's fiendishly clever crossword mystery series Playboy Thompson C. Briephs has just been found strangled in his bed. The police believe the Newcastle Herald crossword editor, a scion of a blue-blooded New England family, died from kinky sex gone wrong. But cop-turned–private investigator Rosco Polycrates thinks there's a six-letter word for what happened. Enlisting the help of Annabelle Graham, the crossword editor for a rival paper, Rosco unearths a crazy quilt of suspects who had it in for the victim—and one of them was blackmailing him. Belle is certain the answers lie in Briephs's twisty puzzlers. Now she and Rosco will have to employ some dazzling wordplay of their own to stop a cunning killer from crossing paths with another victim. Readers will delight in solving the crime, along with six crossword puzzles,...
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Part #43 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
Hired to locate Amy Denovo's long-lost father, Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin, discover that the missing man has a deadly and dangerous secret to hide.
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Murder by the Book
Leonard Dyke's writing style didn't offend. But all of his work featured unhappy endings - murder. When four people die, including the author, police finally call on Nero Wolfe. Wolfe baits his trap. When it springs shut, he finds that truth is stranger (and bloodier) than fiction.
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The Doorbell Rang
There's no one and nothing the great detective Nero Wolfe wouldn't take on if the price was right. That's something wealthy society widow Rachel Bruner is counting on when she writes him a check for a whopping hundred grand. But even Wolfe has a moment's doubt when he finds out why the prize is so generous. For the oversize genius and his able assistand Archie Goodwin are about to lock horns with the FBI - and those highly trained G-men have a way with threats, and bugs that could give even sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe a run for his money.
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Please Pass the Guilt
A Mets fan with a phony name and a millionaire client arrive just in time to provide a case for Nero Wolfe to pay the rent. The bizarre visitors are in a frenzy about a death trap explosion in the discreet whiskey drawer of a top TV executive. To crack this case of bombs and bourbon, the indolent genius and his energetic assistant must pick their way though corporate chicanery, vile ambition... and a healthy swig of murder."It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore." (New York Times Book Review)
A Crossworder's Gift
Nero Blanc
Five Yuletide mysteries for readers to solve along with crossword legend Belle Graham and PI Rosco Polycrates The husband-and-wife sleuth team is back in five tales of holiday mystery and mayhem. "Holly, Jolly Roger" takes Belle and Rosco to sunny St. Lucia in the Caribbean as they try to decipher the clues to a legendary buried treasure. "The Mystery of Wordsworth House" may remain just that unless Belle and Rosco can turn their stay at a snowy Montreal inn into a chance for a family to solve the riddle of their past . . . with the help of a ghost. There's no place like Las Vegas for the holidays, but "A Crossworder's Gift" may never reach its intended recipient if Belle can't match up the out-of-order clues strewn throughout a high roller's suite to form a crossword puzzle that will lead to the cash. Guest of honor at a puzzle convention near the Grand Canyon, Belle—with the help of her detective husband, Rosco—must unravel a murdered crossworder's...
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Three Doors to Death
One by one they knock on the door of the imcomparable Nero Wolfe, each with a case more perplexing than the one before. First comes the niece of a man woh commited suicide by jumping naked into a geyser, only to return just in time to be murdered. Then it's the strange case of the murder victim's family covering up for the real killer, while a chef stews in jail. Finally a master horticulturist discovers the woman he wants to marry - dead and cooling in a hothouse. Three knocks on the door. Three cases of a crime. Enter a world of mendacity, mixed motives, and masterful detection on West Thirty-fifth Street, where murder is always at home.
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Part #16 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
Aging millionairess Mrs. Rackham asks Nero Wolfe to find out where her penniless husband has suddenly been obtaining mysteriously large sums of money, a request that leads to murder and to threats against the master detective himself.
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Death of a Doxy
From Library JournalDeath of a Doxy, considered a Stout classic, opens with the death of Isabel Kerr, found dead in her lavish bedroom. Was her boyfriend, her "sugar daddy," or someone else responsible? Nero Wolfe puts himself and his side-kick, Archie Goodwin, to work to unravel the mystery and the tangle of relationships as this vintage Wolfe detective story unfolds. Michael Prichard's reading enhances the twists and turns. Recommended.Denise A. Garofalo, Astor Home for Children, Rhinebeck, NY Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. ReviewOrrie Cather, a private eye who had occasionally worked for Nero Wolfe, finds himself in jail for the murder of young Isabel Kerr who was obviously being kept and who was equally noticeably pregnant. Archie as legman must cope with Isabel's sister and brother-in-law who don't want Isabel scandalized in the paper, her rich benefactor who doesn't need publicity, her girlfriend - a nightclub singer in the know, and prime suspect Orrie. Wolfe uses math and memory to solve this one. Not his best but good enough for the Stout-hearted. (Kirkus Reviews)
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Part #28 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
With Nero Wolfe on the job, you'd think murderers would take caution. But even the master detective can't stop a killing, especially if it's an inside job -- right under the roof of his client, millionaire Otis Jarrell.What's more, it's Jarrell's own missing revolver that the killer uses. Wolfe must find the truth behind the scandals in Jarrell's ill-behaved family. One of its members sleeps the fitful sleep of the guilty, and Wolfe's getting dead-tired of murder.
A Crossworder's Delight
Nero Blanc
Nero Blanc's bestselling mystery series continues in a holiday tale featuring Belle Graham, Rosco Polycrates, and dessert recipes with ingredients that are clues to the crossword puzzles The Holiday Decoration Competition is in full swing at Newcastle's historic Paul Revere Inn. As the rivalry heats up, crossword editor Belle Graham unearths an abandoned treasure: a book of dessert recipes written in the form of crosswords handed down from mother to daughter. While Belle is busy deciphering the ingredients for delectable dishes like "Holiday Slay Ride," another mystery is unraveling. A valuable Longfellow poem has been stolen from its place of honor on the wall of the inn's front parlor. Called in to investigate, Belle's PI husband, Rosco Polycrates, discovers he has a new partner in crime. Twelve-year-old E. T. Whitman, a bit of a wordsmith himself, has all sorts of theories about the theft. But the case is far from a piece of cake. And the search for the...
The Nero Protocol
Victoria Zagar
Gay & Lesbian / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Romance
Ario six-four-nine-one is an obsolete synth gigolo—especially when his latest trick proves to be his last in a brutal and horrifying way. But he's only a synth, it's not like he can really think and feel. No one will notice one more out of date synth tossed in the garbage.
Except for Elias, homeless and lonely because he's not what his father—or the world—wants him to be, haunted by a tragedy for which he cannot forgive himself. When he finds a battered, broken, long-discontinued synth in a dumpster, he decides to repair the poor thing despite all the reasons he shouldn't.
Then all those reasons come crashing down, and in order to save each other from a world that doesn't want either of them, Elias and Ario will have to sacrifice everything they hold dear: freedom, safety, and even themselves.
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Part #26 of "Nero Wolfe" series by Rex Stout
Mystery & Thrillers
Eleven years after his own thoughtlessness sent his only son, Paul, away from home, Nebraska businessman James Herold calls upon Nero Wolfe to track down the young man so that he can make amends.
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Triple Jeopardy
Don't tempt Nero Wolfe to find the culprit. When foul play's the game, he always wins -- and in these three crime puzzles, the stakes are high. First, there's little nourishment for the detective when someone drops a poison pellet into a vitamin addict's pillbox. Then, a murdered policeman leaves a clue folded in a newspaper, and Wolfe has to read the fine print to decipher his killer's identity. And what do you do when a chimp is the only witness to a crime? This is no time for monkeyshines from the world's most celebrated armchair detective.
