But who among a veritable stampede of suspects-including a young woman who’s caught Archie’s eye-turned the tables on Hickory’s would-be butcher? It’s a crime that wins a blue ribbon for sheer audacity-and Nero Wolfe is the one detective audacious enough to solve it.Ī twelve-year-old boy shows up at Wolfe’s brownstone with an incredible story. Wolfe is certain that Hickory Caesar Grindon, the soon-to-be-beefsteak bull, isn’t the murderer. Here, in this special double edition, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, solve two of their most bizarre cases.Ī prize bull destined for the barbecue is found pawing the corpse of a late restaurateur. He died 1975.“Nero Wolfe towers over his rivals.he is an exceptional character creation.” - New YorkerĪ grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction’s greatest detectives.
Rex Stout finished more than fifty novels and received the "Grand Masters Award". Nero is a gourmet weighing more than a hundred kilos, and moving as little as possible.
In 1932, he began to write thrillers focusing on the famous detective Nero Wolfe. To keep it from becoming three, Wolfe must discover the unlikely connection between a gray Cadillac, a mysterious woman, and a pair of earrings shaped like spiders dipped in gold.Ībout the Author Rex Stout, born 1886 in Indiana/USA, worked at thirty different professions until he earned enough money to travel. Soon the great detective finds himself hired for the grand sum of $4.30 and faced with the question of why the last two people to hire him were murdered. But who among a veritable stampede of suspects-including a young woman who's caught Archie's eye-turned the tables on Hickory's would-be butcher? It's a crime that wins a blue ribbon for sheer audacity-and Nero Wolfe is the one detective audacious enough to solve it.Ī twelve-year-old boy shows up at Wolfe's brownstone with an incredible story. Wolfe is certain that Hickory Caesar Grindon, the soon-to-be-beefsteak bull, isn't the murderer. About the Book Two classic Nero Wolfe novels are available in one all-new paperback edition.608 pp.īook Synopsis "Nero Wolfe towers over his rivals.he is an exceptional character creation." - New Yorker 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 fiction's greatest detectives.
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