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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > General
At the beginning of the twentieth century, as America grapples with
forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has
ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known.
She finds a soulmate and mentor in a brilliant but tormented
suffragette English teacher, who inspires Bessie to fight the forces of
evil that permeate her world.
Watching the vast Texas countryside being destroyed by an oil company
and a menacing figure with a violent past, Bessie is prepared to defend
her home and her family. But when she accidentally kills an unarmed man
to defend her father Hackberry, she must flee to New York. There, her
older brother introduces her to boys who will grow into gangsters, but
as children admire and respect Bessie’s spirit and fortitude as she is
cast into a gangland that yearns for justice and mercy.
A welcome return to the beloved Holland series and populated with
characters both radiant and despicable, Don't Forget Me, Little Bessie
is an epic story of a remarkable young girl who fights against
potentially overwhelming forces.
Mystery fans will devour this entry into the classic, wisecracking
Nero Wolfe series, in which Wolfe must track down a dangerous
gunman-or risk losing his right-hand man Archie Goodwin is chipper
as he strolls home from his weekly poker game, money in his pocket
and a smile on his lips. He has just reached Nero Wolfe's stately
brownstone on West Thirty-Fifth Street when a sedan whips around
the corner and two gunshots ring out, nearly hitting Goodwin. It is
a warning, and the message is clear: The next bullet will not miss.
Rotund investigator Nero Wolfe has made more than his fair share of
enemies over the years, and it seems one of them has decided to
strike, targeting Wolfe's indefatigable assistant. Some might run
for cover, but Archie Goodwin is not the type. With the help of
Wolfe's brainpower, Goodwin will find the man who wants him
dead-unless the killer gets to Goodwin first. Nero Award-winning
author Robert Goldsborough continues the brilliant work of Rex
Stout in this classic mystery series. According to Publishers
Weekly, "Goldsborough cleverly captures the tone and language of
the originals. Rex Stout fans can only hope he has no plans to wind
up the series soon."
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