I have a general rule that I don't read series continuations — books written by another writer who may or may not have been chosen by the original author. I just don't enjoy them as much as the original series. The one exception I've ever made is Goldsborough's continuation of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series, and only because I love the world and characters that Stout brought to life too much too say goodbye forever. And the Goldsboroughs are not, in fact, as good as Stout's originals, though he tries mightily (too hard, probably) to evoke the same atmosphere and snappy dialogue. Lately he's hit on a formula that has him revisiting the series' heyday of the 1950s and these do work somewhat better than the ones he set in the modern world (Stout died in 1975, so the descriptions of Archie Goodwin using a personal computer in the first Goldsborough book, [Murder in E Minor], was jarring to say the least). This one involves a senator being assassinated at a baseball game, and it's fine. It's not my Archie and Nero, but it's fine. ( )

Archie goes to a baseball game at the Polo Grounds and there is also a New York State Senator Milbank in the box next to him and the senator is shot and killed by a sniper thus begins Nero Wolfe's next case.
The senators widow Elise Du Val a former actress hires Nero to find out who killed her husband. Among those interviewed were Mona Fentress the press secretary and her husband,Jonah Keller real estate big shot,Franco Bacelli the Mob boss,Keith Musgrove personnel pollster of the senator, Howard Baxter head of CLEAR who is a little eccentric and Ross Davies campaign manger,
As the story progresses it takes and unexpected twist. Great storyline and characters. All Nero Wolfe lovers should read it.
Thanks to Open Road/Mysterious Press and Net Galley for allowing me to read another great Nero Wolfe Mystery. ( )