-
TOO MANY CLIENTS
Rex Stout
Mass Market Paperback (Bantam Books, Oct. 1, 1955)A bidding war for his services interrupts Nero Wolfe's attempts to solve the case of the businessman who died in his love nest--a case in which the police seem oddly uninterested. Reissue.
-
Murder in the Ball Park
Robert Goldsborough
Library Binding (Center Point Pub, July 1, 2014)Archie Goodwin and Saul Panzer have ventured into the wilds of northern Manhattan to watch the Giants take on the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds. The national anthem is just winding down when Panzer spies a notable in the box seats: state senator Orson Milbank, a silver-haired scoundrel with enemies in every corner of upstate New York. In the fourth inning, a monstrous line drive brings every fan in the grandstand to his feet — every fan save for one silver-haired senator, who has been shot dead by a sniper in the upper deck.
-
Some Buried Caesar
Rex Stout
Mass Market Paperback (Crimeline, Feb. 1, 1990)A prize bull, a restaurateur's tacky publicity stunt, a family feud (among the bull's owners), and the death of a family scion pit Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin against a special breed of killer. Reissue. NYT.