Archie Meets Nero Wolfe - A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries (Paperback)

An "excellent" novel that goes back to 1920s New York to reveal how the famed detective first met his incomparable sidekick (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1930, young Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks-with a pair of hot lead slugs. Dismissed from his job for being "trigger-happy," he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective's assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside Piano Heist, the Rive Gauche Art Gallery Swindle, and the Sumner-Hayes Burglary. But it's the kidnapping of Tommie Williamson, the son of a New York hotel magnate, that introduces Goodwin to the man who will change his life. Goodwin knows there's only one detective who can help find Tommie: Nero Wolfe, the stout genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street. Together, they'll form one of the most unlikely crime fighting duos in history-but first Goodwin must locate Tommie and prove that he deserves a place by Wolfe's side. In this witty story about the origin of a legendary partnership, Robert Goldsborough gloriously evokes the spirit of Nero Wolfe's creator, bestselling author Rex Stout, and breathes new life into his beloved characters.

General

Imprint:	Mysteriouspress.Com/Open Road
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Nero Wolfe Mysteries (Paperback)
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	November 2012
Authors:	Robert Goldsborough
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-1-4532-7097-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > Historical mysteries
LSN:	1-4532-7097-3
Barcode:	9781453270974

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