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. The aging millionairess has a problem: where is her young playboy husband getting all his money?
To help find the answer, Archie infiltrates a party at her palatial estate. But her late-night murder ruins the festive mood Suddenly Archie finds himself on his own, trying to find a killer without the help of his old mentor. For to all appearances, Wolfe has vanished. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin star in these four gems. In "The Christmas Party", Wolfe condescends to uncharacteristic theatrics, which aren't enough to clear him from suspicion of murder.
The "Easter Parade" tempts Wolfe to commit larceny for an orchid. But his day in the sun is rained out by murder. The last selection, "Murder Is No Joke", is a whodunit in a couturier's salon, where a murderer is dressed to kill and kill again. So when Cohen asks for a favor, the famously brilliant - and notoriously lazy - detective is inclined to listen.
But the latest threats have carried a more sinister tone. 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. 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. 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.
Federal Government. When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. Four unrelated accusers - including a down-and-out hack writer and a lady poet with a penchant for nude sunbathing - have been fleecing best-selling authors, claiming the authors have stolen their work and ingeniously planting evidence to back up their claims.
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. The Bloodied Ivy by Robert Goldsborough. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin go back to college t… More. Shelve The Bloodied Ivy. Book 4. The Last Coincidence by Robert Goldsborough.
Last Coincidence, The, by Goldsborough, Robert. Shelve The Last Coincidence. Book 5. Fade to Black by Robert Goldsborough. For the men of Madison Avenue, the battle between … More.
Shelve Fade to Black. Book 6. Silver Spire by Robert Goldsborough. Nero Wolfe and sidekick Archie Goodwin tackle the … More. Shelve Silver Spire. Book 7. The Missing Chapter by Robert Goldsborough. When an unpopular author is found dead, Archie con… More. Shelve The Missing Chapter. Book 8. Robert Goldsborough Books. The Battered Badge When wealthy and popular crusader and reformer Lester Pierce is gunned down in front of his Park Avenue residence, the public outcry forces the NYPD to restructure its homicide department.
Murder, Stage Left When a renowned theater director senses something amiss during his latest production, he calls in Nero Wolfe. Stop The Presses! Archie In The Crosshairs Archie Goodwin is chipper as he strolls home from his weekly poker game, money in his pocket and a smile on his lips.
The Missing Chapter Charles Childress may not have been the most gifted of writers, but he did have his talents, including an unsurpassed way of making enemies. Silver Spire The Reverand Barnabas Bay, world-famous televangelist, has been receiving bad tidings from the Good Book: a series of threatening notes lifted from Bible verses and placed in the collection plate on six consecutive Sundays. Share on facebook Facebook.
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