Rex Stout
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A shake-up in the NYPD homicide squad following a high-profile murder is bad for business for private investigator Nero Wolfe. When wealthy and popular crusader and reformer Lester Pierce is gunned down in front of his Park Avenue residence, the public outcry forces the NYPD to restructure its homicide department. As the deceased was highly critical of Inspector Lionel Cramer, the longtime head of homicide is temporarily relieved of his badge. But...
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An art hoarder s suspicious death paints a nasty picture for Nero Wolfe. No matter how fabulously he s being courted, infamously dour art hog Arthur Wordell isn t keen on favoring the new Guggenheim Museum with his extensive collection. Even at the urging of his beloved daughter, Nadia. Then, the night after the museum s f te, Arthur takes a twenty-story plunge from the window of his Times Square office. Nadia thinks it s no mere coincidence. Eccentric,...