Over My dead Body (Audio)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781415940907 (1415940908)
Publish date: April 3rd 2007
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Series: Nero Wolfe (#7)
This Rex Stout, Over My Dead Body, is from early in the Nero Wolfe series (I believe #7). It is 1939, and a girl from Yugoslavia visits Mr. Wolfe, claiming she is his adopted daughter (not seen by him since age 3), and needs his representation - her employer, who runs a fencing academy, claims she ...
A book which gives a glimpse into Wolfe's past. It's one of the longer Wolfe outings, but admirably paced, keeping the reader always engaged and looking for the next twist. World War II, which has only murmured in the background, for the first time has a tangible impact on the plot.
10 years ago
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