Description
When a grieving father arrives in New York to hire Nero Wolfe, the case seems straightforward—until the death of his daughter near a city park reveals a pattern of danger that reaches far beyond a single tragedy. As Wolfe and his sharp-tongued assistant, Archie Goodwin, follow clues tied to an unpublished manuscript, they uncover a web of motives and misdirection that turns every new revelation into a fresh threat. Rex Stout’s classic, conversation-driven style—equal parts wit, deduction, and social observation—propels this full-length mystery into a tightly engineered investigation where words on a page can be as lethal as any weapon. At its heart, the novel explores how secrets are manufactured, how reputations are traded, and how the truth survives only when someone is willing to read between the lines.
Available Editions
hardcover
Viking Pr
Published Jan 1, 1951
ISBN: 9789997525062
Meet Nero Wolfe
#1Fer-de-lance
#2The League of Frightened Men
The Rubber Band
#5Too Many Cooks
#6Some Buried Caesar
#6Where There's a Will
Over My Dead Body
Black Orchids
Too Many Women
#11The Silent Speaker
And Be a Villain
#13In the Best Families
The Black Mountain
#19Might as Well Be Dead
And Four to Go
Prisoner's Base
#24Three for the Chair
#25Plot It Yourself
#27If Death Ever Slept
Champagne for One
Gambit
#33Death of a Doxy
A Family Affair
Three Men Out
The Father Hunt
#45Death of a Dude
Please Pass the Guilt
Not Quite Dead Enough
Trouble in Triplicate
Curtains for Three
Murder by the Book
Triple Jeopardy
The Golden Spiders
Before Midnight
The Final Deduction
Three Witnesses
Too Many Clients
Three at Wolfe's Door
The Mother Hunt
A Right to Die
The Doorbell Rang
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Details
First Published
1951
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Murder by the Book by Rex Stout.