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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).… (meer)
An influential but heartily disliked (by some) gossip columnist is found shot dead, and his employers at the (fictional) New York Gazette bring in Nero Wolfe to determine whether or not it was suicide (as the police think) or murder. Some interesting characters, but on the whole, I wasn't particularly happy with the solution to the crime, as we have a raft of motives, but little else. Stout would have had the same atmosphere, but a better structure. ( )
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Wolfe, p. 8, "I agree, at least this once, with H.L. Mencken, who said years ago that 'No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.' " This was in context of the scandal column written by the murdered man. p. 44 on discussing a particularly nasty lawyer suspect. Murder victim quotes Shakespeare, 'The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.' Henry VI, PART II, Wolfe said. P. 114 Wolfe was hospitable in his own way. "...he is steadfast in his insistence that in his home 'a guest is a jewel, resting on the cushion of hospitality.' " P. 121, Wolfe speaking about a nasty former cop, "He envisions himself as a victim rather than as a perpetrator, as is so often the case with miscreants," Wolfe said. 'Man's ability to indulge in self-deception knows no bounds."
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).
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