| Fer-De-Lance/The League of Frightened Men Contributor(s): Stout, Rex (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553385453 ISBN-13: 9780553385458 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: Discover Nero Wolfe--one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, created by a grand master of the mystery form. Now the arrogant, gourmandizing sleuth returns in his first two classic cases, available together in one paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Private Investigators - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008299738 |
| Series: Nero Wolfe |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.2" W x 8.2" (1.25 lbs) 608 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction's greatest detectives. Here, in Stout's first two complete Wolfe mysteries, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town Archie Goodwin solve their most baffling cases. Fer-de-lance The fer-de-lance is among the most deadly snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, his partner, Archie Goodwin, suspects it means Wolfe is getting close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. But this is a case with more twists than an angry rattler...and if Wolfe doesn't handle it with extreme care, he'll be the next one struck by a killer with poison in his heart. The League of Frightened Men Paul Chapin's Harvard cronies never forgave themselves for the hazing prank that left their friend a cripple. Yet they believed that Paul himself had forgiven them--until a class reunion ends in death and a series of poems promising more of the same. Now this league of frightened men is desperate for Nero Wolfe's help. But can even the great detective outwit a killer smart enough to commit an unseen murder...in plain sight? |