mystery, Private investigators, Nero Wolfe (Fictitious character), Fiction
Mrs. Vail's husband has been kidnapped. She doesn't want to hire Nero Wolfe to find him, just to make sure that his kidnappers don't kill him. When he returns safely, but her secretary is killed, Nero Wolfe is drawn reluctantly into the investigation.
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Classical in form, cool, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- grave
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About the book
- Author
- Rex Stout
- First published
- January 1955
- Pages
- 140
- Publisher
- BBC Audiobooks America, The Audio Partners, Mystery Masters, thorndike press
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780786217717
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