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With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel Kerr seemed to have the perfect setup. Now the well-kept lady is stone-cold dead, and the cops have nabbed a Manhattan private eye who just happens to be an acquaintance of Nero Wolfe. Unable to refuse a friend in need, the great detective deigns to get the gumshoe off the hook. Little does Wolfe realize that in a matter of hours he'll be entertaining a party of fools and lovers connected with the doxy's death, including a mystery blackmailer, a sexy lounge singer, and a cold-blooded lady-killer. Introduction by Sandra West Prowell "It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore."--The New York Times Book Review A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained--and puzzled--millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.… (altro)
Another good Wolfe novel, covered well by the TV series circa 2000. The most interesting character is Julie Jacquette, fresh from the stage of the Ten Little Indians. ( )
When his associate Orey Cather gets himself into a jam with a doxie(another word for mistress, I learned), and finds himself in jail Nero Wolfe comes to the rescue. The supporting characters take center stage and Sal and Fred get featured more in this story than others. An interesting premis and a real feeling of something at stake eleveates this one. ( )
Rex Stout created crime-solver Nero Wolfe back in a time when crime-solving characters apparently had to be quirky. So Wolfe is a diva, an imperious stay-at-home with a granite-firm daily schedule, unbreakable habits, a Falstaffian appetite, and a tight knit team to do his bidding. In [Death of a Doxy], Wolfe unleashes his team to find and expose the killer of a kept woman. Urgency drives the story, since the prime suspect, the victim's last known visitor, is an occasional colleague. Two parties resist: the family of the adulterer and the family of the adulteress. But Wolfe and his colleagues prevail.
With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel Kerr seemed to have the perfect setup. Now the well-kept lady is stone-cold dead, and the cops have nabbed a Manhattan private eye who just happens to be an acquaintance of Nero Wolfe. Unable to refuse a friend in need, the great detective deigns to get the gumshoe off the hook. Little does Wolfe realize that in a matter of hours he'll be entertaining a party of fools and lovers connected with the doxy's death, including a mystery blackmailer, a sexy lounge singer, and a cold-blooded lady-killer. Introduction by Sandra West Prowell "It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore."--The New York Times Book Review A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained--and puzzled--millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.
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