Description
When an old acquaintance asks Nero Wolfe to prevent a marriage that threatens to ignite tensions within his family and community, the eccentric detective reluctantly takes on a case far beyond his usual domestic investigations. What begins as an intensely personal dispute soon becomes entangled with murder, forcing Archie Goodwin into the field as Wolfe probes hidden motives, social pressures, and dangerous resentments. Set against the civil rights struggles of 1960s America, the novel examines racism, prejudice, moral responsibility, and the uneasy possibility of social change. Rex Stout combines sharp dialogue, intricate deduction, and Archie's wry narration in one of the series’ most overtly political mysteries.
Available Editions
paperback
Crimeline
Published May 26, 2010
209 pages
ISBN: 9780307756145
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
1964
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Right to Die by Rex Stout.