The Doorbell Rang
A prospective client believes that the FBI is spying on herself, her family and her associates. Can Wolfe get the Feds off her back? One hundred thousands plus expenses are his no matter what happens. And if he is successful, Wolfe can name his fee! But here comes murder and big trouble for the...
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A prospective client believes that the FBI is spying on herself, her family and her associates. Can Wolfe get the Feds off her back? One hundred thousands plus expenses are his no matter what happens. And if he is successful, Wolfe can name his fee! But here comes murder and big trouble for the dean of detectives. Will this case prove worth the price? "The Doorbell Rang" has been voted one of the top 100 best mystery novels of all time by the Mystery Writers of America! August publication date. 2 cassettes.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780762188574 (076218857X)
Publish date: September 1st 1965
Publisher: Readers Digest Association
Pages no: 207
Edition language: English
Series: Nero Wolfe (#41)
Apparently Rex Stout, who was a left-leaning New Dealer (but hated communism), had many a brush with the FBI, and their director, J. Edgar Hoover, and they had a file on him (which he may well have suspected). He was tremendously offended by the Bureau's extralegal activities, and took his revenge ...
bookshelves: summer-2013, series, film-only, north-americas, mystery-thriller, published-1965 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Read on July 10, 2013 3* The Golden Spiders3* The Doorbell Rang Hired to help society widow Rachel Bruner foil bothersome Feds, Nero Wolfe and...
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