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To save his favorite newspaper, Nero Wolfe steps into the crossfire
of a tabloid war. Master sleuth Nero Wolfe's small circle of
friends is limited to his assistant, Archie Goodwin; his chef,
Fritz; and Lon Cohen, the head man at the New York Gazette. Cohen
knows more about the city's power structure than any man in
Manhattan, and for years, he happily passed Wolfe information in
return for the odd exclusive scoop. But now Cohen needs Wolfe's
help, for the Gazette is ailing and the vultures have begun to
circle. Scottish newspaper magnate Ian MacLaren plans to gut the
paper and turn it into a sex-filled conservative rag. Standing in
his way is the company's chief shareholder, Gazette heir Harriet
Haverhill. But when the aged Ms. Haverhill dies in an apparent
suicide, no one remains to resist the Scot's advances except Wolfe.
MacLaren may be fierce, but when the cause is just, Nero Wolfe
knows how to play dirty too.
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."
Archie Goodwin goes undercover on the waterfront in a new mystery
by the author who "does a masterly job with the Wolfe legacy"
(Booklist). Archie Goodwin is not overly fond of Theodore
Horstmann, who takes care of the orchids on the rooftop of Nero
Wolfe's West Thirty-Fifth Street brownstone. But as loyal assistant
to the legendary private detective, Archie will put his animosity
aside when the surly orchid-keeper stumbles through the front door
beaten within an inch of his life. While the gardener lies in a
coma, Nero sends Archie to poke around his apartment near the
river. The place is neatly kept, if not quite as elegant as the
brownstone, but across the street on Tenth Avenue Archie quickly
discovers the longshoremen's watering hole in whose back room
Horstmann has been playing a lot of bridge lately. The smoky tavern
is packed with tough dockworkers and recent European immigrants,
and Archie does his best to blend in, filling the victim's empty
seat in his running card game, as he attempts to learn what sort of
shady business might have led to attempted murder. But when one of
his new bridge partners is killed, Archie finds himself caught up
in something much bigger than a bar fight . . . Trouble at the
Brownstone serves up postwar New York City atmosphere in a
fast-paced mystery featuring Nero Wolfe, "one of the two or three
most beloved detectives in fiction" (Publishers Weekly). "Mr.
Goldsborough has all of the late writer's stylistic mannerisms down
pat." -The New York Times
The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie
must forge ahead with an investigation in this new mystery from the
award–winning author.  Archie Goodwin’s very good
friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her time—and considerable
financial resources—helping women in need, from underpaid workers
to mistreated wives. But at the moment she’s particularly
concerned about one woman: her best friend, Maureen, a beautiful
socialite who’s been incommunicado for two weeks.  After
Archie helps Lily comb through Maureen’s deserted Park Avenue
penthouse, and Lily contacts each of her friend’s well-heeled
suitors, they still don’t know much more than when they started.
Then Archie tries to track down Maureen’s estranged half-brother,
but he seems to have vanished as well. Fortunately, Archie’s
employer, Nero Wolfe, has a soft spot for Lily. He volunteers to
step in—just in time, too, as this missing-person case soon
becomes a murder case . . .  “[Wolfe is]
one of the two or three most beloved detectives in fiction.â€
—Publishers Weekly  “Goldsborough has all of the late
writer’s stylistic mannerisms down pat.†—The New York Times
A shake-up in the NYPD homicide squad following a high-profile
murder is bad for business for private investigator Nero Wolfe.
When wealthy and popular crusader and reformer Lester Pierce is
gunned down in front of his Park Avenue residence, the public
outcry forces the NYPD to restructure its homicide department. As
the deceased was highly critical of Inspector Lionel Cramer, the
longtime head of homicide is temporarily relieved of his badge. But
it seems Cramer was not just a scapegoat: He was seen dining in
Little Italy with mob kingpin Ralph Mars. All of which amounts to
little more than conversational fodder for PI Nero Wolfe and his
assistant Archie Goodwin. But if Cramer's provisional replacement,
Capt. George Rowcliff, becomes permanent, Wolfe's future dealings
with the force will be much compromised. Loath to depart from his
routine, Wolfe makes the unusual decision to take on a case without
an actual client. His investigation quickly points toward Pierce's
organization, Good Government Group, where high-minded idealism is
often trampled under the competing ambitions of the staff-several
of whom would clearly have benefited from Pierce's demise. Despite
the burgeoning list of suspects, Wolfe hasn't ruled out the
involvement of the underworld and its connection to Cramer. But in
order to untangle an abundance of motives and end the inspector's
forced furlough, Wolfe may have to venture out of his comfort
zone-and the premises of his brownstone. Continuing his beloved
series-which also includes Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Murder in the
Ball Park, Archie in the Crosshairs, and Murder, Stage Left-Nero
Award-winning author Robert Goldsborough "demonstrates an
impressive ability to emulate Rex Stout's narrative voice"
(Publishers Weekly, starred review). The Battered Badge is the 60th
book in the Nero Wolfe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the
series in any order.
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Threats against a televangelist lead Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin
into a murder case in this "brisk and beguiling page-turner"
(Publishers Weekly). Staten Island would be forgettable were it not
for the gleaming Tabernacle of the Silver Spire, where thousands of
congregants come every Sunday to hear the sermons of Barnabas Bay.
Millions more tune in on television, giving the good Reverend
international fame, and a chance to spread the gospel from New York
City's harbor all the way to South Korea. But threatening notes
have been appearing in the collection bag, suggesting that one of
the faithful has decided it's time this good shepherd get the hook.
Believing organized religion is nothing more than a scam, rotund
sleuth Nero Wolfe refuses to investigate the threats, instead
recommending veteran investigator Fred Durkin for the case. But
when Durkin is accused of murdering the Reverend's assistant, Wolfe
fights to clear his name. He may not be a Christian, but he will
always help a brother in need.
A soda war explodes into murder for Nero Wolfe, "one of the two or
three most beloved detectives in fiction" (Publishers Weekly). For
the men of Madison Avenue, the battle between soft-drink giants
Cherr-o-key and AmeriCherry seems heaven sent. For years now, the
firm of Mills/Lake/Ryman has fought to help Cherr-o-key become the
nation's favorite fizzy cherry soda, but each time they come up
with a new slogan, mascot, or jingle, AmeriCherry somehow beats
them to it. There's a mole inside the agency, and only Nero Wolfe
can ferret him out. Although he's as round as a cherry himself,
Wolfe has no taste for soft drinks. But the question of industrial
espionage is too sweet for him to resist, and so with assistant
Archie Goodwin at his side, he sets out to end this vicious
corporate feud. Only when the first adman dies does he realize that
a marketing war can be just as dangerous as the real thing.
A professor's death lures the reclusive detective and his sidekick
to a bucolic crime scene: "Goldsborough does a masterly job with
the Wolfe legacy" (Booklist). An academic so conservative he
thought Ronald Reagan was a pinko, Hale Markham rules Prescott
University like an intellectual tyrant-until the morning he's found
dead at the bottom of one of Prescott's famously beautiful ravines.
Every liberal on campus hated the crotchety old crank, but which
one is responsible for giving Markham his final push to the right?
The case so intrigues the incomparable, reclusive master detective
Nero Wolfe that he takes the unusual step of leaving the confines
of his home. With man of action Archie Goodwin at his side, Wolfe
examines jealous professors, a fanatical assistant, and a
university president with an ego that-like the school itself-will
not stop growing. Though they're far from the city, Wolfe and
Goodwin will find that no back alley is as dangerous as the shadowy
corridors of the Ivy League.
After the heir to a frozen-food fortune gets iced, Nero Wolfe's
right-hand man becomes a suspect:"Goldsborough does a masterly job
with the Wolfe legacy" (Booklist). When Lily Rowan doesn't laugh at
his jokes, Archie Goodwin knows something's wrong. Her niece Noreen
has been running around with Sparky Linville, a club-hopping bad
boy who's the terror of Manhattan nightlife, and the last time she
went out with him, Noreen wasn't herself when she came home. All
she would tell her aunt was that she had been assaulted. Springing
into action, Goodwin waits for Linville outside of Morgana's, a
chrome-and-glass palace that sits like a wart on Second Avenue.
They nearly come to blows, but Linville's bodyguard intervenes, and
Goodwin retreats to plan his next move. In the morning, Linville is
dead, and Goodwin is the chief suspect. For years he has helped
rotund genius Nero Wolfe out of jams, and now it's time for the
master detective to return the favor.
Iconic sleuth Nero Wolfe returns to track down the murderer of a
New York Symphony Orchestra conductor in this Nero Award-winning
mystery. Ever since disgraced associate Orrie Cather's suicide,
armchair detective Nero Wolfe has relished retirement in his
Manhattan brownstone on West Thirty-Fifth Street. Two years after
Cather's death, only a visit from Maria Radovich-and the urging of
Wolfe's prize assistant, Archie Goodwin-could draw the eccentric
and reclusive genius back into business. Maria's uncle, New York
Symphony Orchestra conductor Milan Stevens, formerly known as Milos
Stefanovic, spent his youth alongside Wolfe as a fellow freedom
fighter in the mountains of Montenegro. And now that the maestro
has been receiving death threats, Wolfe can't turn his back on the
compatriot who once saved his life. Though her uncle has dismissed
the menacing letters, Maria fears they're more than the work of a
harmless crank. But before Wolfe can attack the case, Stevens is
murdered. The accused is the orchestra's lead violinist, whose
intimate relationship with Maria hit more than a few sour notes in
her uncle's professional circle. But Wolfe knows that when it comes
to murder, nothing is so simple-especially when there are so many
suspects, from newspaper critics and ex-lovers to an assortment of
shady musicians. Now, in this award-winning novel that carries on
the great tradition of Rex Stout, the irascible and immovable Nero
Wolfe is back in the game, listening for clues and ready to go to
war to find a killer. Murder in E Minor is the 48th book in the
Nero Wolfe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any
order.
Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have a lot of boldfaced names on
their suspect list when New York's most hated gossip columnist is
murdered. There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen
of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a
favor, the famously brilliant-and notoriously lazy-detective is
inclined to listen. According to Cohen, someone wants to kill the
Gazette's gossip columnist, Cameron Clay. Death threats are a
regular hazard for Clay, who's hurled insults and accusations at
every bold-faced name in the five boroughs. But the latest threats
have carried a more sinister tone. The columnist has narrowed his
potential killers down to five people: an egomaniacal developer, a
disgraced cop, a corrupt councilman, a sleazy lawyer, and his own
ex-wife. But when Clay turns up dead, the cops deem it a suicide.
The bigwigs at the Gazette don't agree, so they retain Wolfe and
his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin, to figure out which of
the suspects had the mettle to pull the trigger. In this
"outstanding" mystery, Robert Goldsborough, author of Murder in E
Minor, "once again demonstrates an impressive ability to emulate
Rex Stout's narrative voice" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
In post-WWII Chicago, a crime reporter sets out to prove his cousin
innocent of murder in this historical noir by the author of the
Nero Wolfe mysteries. Chicago, 1946. World War II may be over, but
murder continues apace in the Windy City. This time, it hits close
to home for Chicago Tribune police reporter Snap Malek. Someone has
killed his cousin's British war bride in the Bohemian neighborhood
of Pilsen. As the prime suspect, the meek young man is jailed. And
Malek, convinced of his innocence, begins a dogged hunt for the
murderer. Entering the shadowy world of Pilsen's blue-collar
saloons, Snap encounters hard-bitten factory workers, a tragic war
widow, and a former professional prizefighter-all "bar friends" of
the murdered woman. The twisting case leads him to the city's best
defense attorney, legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and a
bare-knuckle slugfest. And while a horrifying train wreck in
Naperville draws his attention, Snap is determined to pursue his
cousin's case no matter where it takes him.
A Chicago crime reporter is out to stop a local hate group from
assassinating President Truman in this historical crime thriller.
Chicago, 1948. As President Harry Truman prepares to visit Chicago
in the final tense days of his reelection campaign, police reporter
Steve "Snap" Malek receives an ominous threat. An anti-Semitic
group plans to assassinate the president for officially recognizing
the new state of Israel. When Malek refuses the hate group's
demands for newspaper publicity, they begin killing Chicagoans-one
a day, including a policeman and a fireman. As the so-called New
Reich promises more of the same, Malek begins his dogged hunt to
uncover their true identities. Along the way, he meets maverick
automaker Preston Tucker, and even gets the chance to drive the
revolutionary Tucker Torpedo. But when Truman arrives in Chicago
for a parade, time is running out for Malek to stifle the deadly
plot.
As the US enters WWII, a series of murders at the University of
Chicago threatens a top-secret military research project in this
historical noir. Against the ominous backdrop of America's entry
into World War II, the navy still reels from the devastation
wreaked at Pearl Harbor and the crushing defeat of US ground troops
in the Philippines. On the home front, scientists working for
Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago labor feverishly on a
secret weapon that promises to reverse the fortunes of battle.
However, sinister forces are at work on the outwardly serene Gothic
campus, resulting in violent deaths. While work grinds on in the
shadowy catacombs beneath an abandoned football stadium-work that
will forever alter our world-Chicago Tribune police reporter Steve
"Snap" Malek delves into the intrigue. Battling for an exclusive
story and, ultimately, for his very life, Malek finds himself in
the midst of history-in-the-making.
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