Description
During a live radio broadcast heard by millions, a celebrated personality suddenly collapses from poison, transforming a glamorous entertainment program into a baffling murder case. Hired to uncover the killer, Nero Wolfe inserts himself into the investigation while Archie Goodwin navigates a colorful circle of performers, sponsors, and broadcasting insiders. Set against the vivid world of 1940s radio, the novel combines sharp comedy, tense deduction, and Wolfe’s audacious methods as the detectives pursue a murderer hidden behind a polished public image. It also marks the first appearance of Arnold Zeck, the formidable criminal mastermind who will become Wolfe’s most dangerous recurring adversary.
Available Editions
paperback
John Curley
Published Jan 1, 1988
305 pages
ISBN: 1555046436
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
1948
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for And Be a Villain by Rex Stout.