- Fiction, Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, American, Private investigators
The private detective, Nero Wolfe, with the aid of his assistant, Archie Goodwin, investigates a killing at a flower show and a series of poison-pen letters that result in murder.
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Classical in form, cool, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Rex Stout
- First published
- 1942
- Pages
- 200
- Publisher
- Jove Pubns, Bantam Books, Crimeline
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780886468897
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Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas or short stories between 1934 and 1975.
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