The rubber band & The red box
The rubber band -- In all his years of detecting, the unflappable Nero Wolfe has never encountered an investigation as damnably messy as this one. For what began as a clean case of larceny quickly sank into a quagmire of blackmail and broken promises, international scandal and cold-blooded murder. N...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Bantam Books,
2009.
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| Series: | Stout, Rex, 1886-1975. Novels.
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| Summary: | The rubber band -- In all his years of detecting, the unflappable Nero Wolfe has never encountered an investigation as damnably messy as this one. For what began as a clean case of larceny quickly sank into a quagmire of blackmail and broken promises, international scandal and cold-blooded murder. Now Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin must bridge eras and oceans to find the link between a Wild West lynching and a respected British peer. Only then can they save Wolfe's beautiful young client -- and a hotly disputed stake of a cool million dollars. The red box -- A lovely woman is dead, and the fortunes of overextended theatrical producer Llewellyn Frost depend on solving the mystery of the red box: two pounds of candied fruits, nuts and creams, covered with chocolate -- and laced with potassium cyanide. When Nero Wolfe's suspicion falls on Frost's kissing cousin, Frost wants the detective to kill the sickly sweet case--before it kills him. |
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| Item Description: | "Nero Wolfe mysteries"--Cover. "Two mysteries in one volume"--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 189, 257, 3 pages : illustration ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780553386035 : |
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