Originally serialized in "All Story Magazine" in 1914, this novel never appeared in book form until 80 years later. It dates from Rex Stout's first writing career -- before he took twenty years off to make his fortune, and before he created his very large, immortal detective Nero Wolfe. "Beautiful and deadly, Aline Solini is a study in pure evil. First encountered in a Balkan convent about to be sacked by marauding Turkish forces, she is re...
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"'Black and white marriages are like a red rag to a bull.' So says Negro civil rights worker Dunbar Whipple. But he never makes the altar - somebody permanently delays his white fiancee with a club, and Whipple is arrested. Enter Nero Wolfe.
"Between them, Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin interview a colorf...
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"'Black and white marriages are like a red rag to a bull.' So says Negro civil rights worker Dunbar Whipple. But he never makes the altar - somebody permanently delays his white fiancee with a club, and Whipple is arrested. Enter Nero Wolfe.
"Between them, Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin interview a colorful c...
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"This case was 'show biz' all the way, with enough gorgeous dolls to keep even Archie Goodwin occupied.
"Beautiful Madeline Fraser was a world renowned personality. When a guest on her program got publicly poisoned with the sponsor's own product, there were plenty of witnesses, but only Nero Wolfe could figure out which one of them did the killing - and why. And before he did, Wolfe almost...
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"This case was 'show biz' all the way, with enough gorgeous dolls to keep even Archie Goodwin occupied.
"Beautiful Madeline Fraser was a world renowned personality. When a guest on her program got publicly poisoned with the sponsor's own product, there were plenty of witnesses, but only Nero Wolfe could figure out which one of them did the killing - and why. And before he did, Wolfe almost got a dose of cyani...
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Bodies, blunt instruments, beautiful women and blood. . . Four separate suspense-filled mysteries tackled by the big man himself:
"Christmas Party" - 'Archie and his fiancee attend a gala office fete, compelling a curious Wolfe to condescend to some ...
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Bodies, blunt instruments, beautiful women and blood. . . Four separate suspense-filled mysteries tackled by the big man himself:
"Chr...
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One of Stout's Tecumseh Fox mystery series.
"Someone was doctoring cans of Tingley's Tidbits right in the factory. The doses weren't lethal to the customers -- but they would be to Tingley's reputation if the sabotage didn't stop. It looked like a case of cutthroat competition when private detective Tecumseh Fox took on the job -- and then a throat was really cu...
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One of Stout's Tecumseh Fox mystery series.
"Someone was doctoring cans of Tingley's Tidbits right in the factory. The doses weren't lethal to the customers -- but they would be to Tingley's reputation if the sabotage didn't stop. It looked like a case of cutthroat competition when private detective Tecumseh Fox took on the job -- and then a throat was really cut!
With his own client the pri...
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"It was the final round of the great Pour Amour perfume competition. All the contestants had to do was solve the last five riddles and a million dollars in prize money would be awarded. Then the contest's creator was killed and the answers stolen from his wallet. It wasn't long before Nero Wolfe found the murderer running tame in his townhouse."
" Murder meets a deadline. For once, Nero Wolfe risks his o...
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"It was the final round of the great Pour Amour perfume competition. All the contestants had to do was solve the last five riddles and a million dollars in prize money would be awarded. Then the contest's creator was killed and the answers stolen from his wallet. It wasn't long before Nero Wolfe found the murderer running tame in his townhouse."
" Murder meets a deadline. For once, Nero Wolfe risks his own ne...
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"It was the final round of the great Pour Amour perfume competition. All the contestants had to do was solve the last five riddles and a million dollars in prize money would be awarded. Then the contest's creator was killed and the answers stolen from his wallet. It wasn't long before Nero Wolfe found the murderer running tame in his townhouse."
" Murder meets a deadline. For ...
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"Archie Goodwin has troubles too. Nero Wolfe, for instance. Like the day my horticulturist boss discovered there were only three black orchids in the world -- and they belonged to someone else! Picture Nero Wolfe maddened by lust -- fatso would do anything to get those orchids. All yours truly had to do was sweep up the bodies.
"Nero Wolfe is determined to have his heart's desire. To get it he conceals evidence. . . Hides witnes...
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"Archie Goodwin has troubles too. Nero Wolfe, for instance. Like the day my horticulturist boss discovered there were only three black orchids in the world -- and they belonged to someone else! Picture Nero Wolfe maddened by lust -- fatso would do anything to get those orchids. All yours truly had to do was sweep up the bodies.
"Nero Wolfe is determined to have his heart's desire. To get it he conceals evidence. . . ...
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"Archie...
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"Mrs. Robilotti was a BILLIONAIRE! Yeah, that's what I said. Billion. She had hired Wolfe's brains and my legs - which is the way Wolfe likes to think about it - once before, when her emeralds turned up missing.
Mrs. Robilotti didn't like a private detective around the house any better than she'd have liked a street cleaner. Wh...
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"Mrs. Robilotti was a BILLIONAIRE! Yeah, that's what I said. Billion. She had hired Wolfe's brains and my legs - which is the way Wolfe likes to think about it - once before, when her emeralds turned up missing.
Mrs. Robilotti didn't like a private detective around the house any better than she'd have liked a street cleaner. When she invited me to dinner I figured it wasn't just to see if I kne...
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"A murder weapon that wouldn't lie down and stay put. . . An opera star who could only whisper. . . A posse on horseback chasing a killer through New York's Central Park. . . A desperate girl with so many aliases she'd almost forgotten who she really was. A stellar triple bill of mayhem...
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