Prisoner's Base by Rex Stout (1992, Mass Market)

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100553242695
ISBN-139780553242690
eBay Product ID (ePID)1821386

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Book TitlePrisoner's Base
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Cozy, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Traditional, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Publication Year1992
GenreFiction
AuthorRex Stout
Book SeriesNero Wolfe Ser.
FormatMass Market

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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight4.7 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width4.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
Series Volume Number21
SynopsisWhen Priscilla Eads, heiress to cotton-towel millions, first pleads for Nero Wolfe's assistance, the portly detective decides to wash his hands of a case that has more than its share of dirty laundry. Just hours later Miss Eads and her maid are found strangled to death under circumstances that don't quite wash. Now, to the dismay of a greedy board of directors and a fortune-hunting South American ex-husband, the astute Wolfe feels, on second thought, a certain responsibility to dip into Priscilla's case and scrub away the stain--of murder Introduction by William DeAndrea "It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore."-- The New York Times Book Review 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 the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained--and puzzled--millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout., When Priscilla Eads, heiress to cotton-towel millions, first pleads for Nero Wolfe's assistance, the portly detective decides to wash his hands of a case that has more than its share of dirty laundry. Just hours later Miss Eads and her maid are found strangled to death under circumstances that don't quite wash. Now, to the dismay of a greedy board of directors and a fortune-hunting South American ex-husband, the astute Wolfe feels, on second thought, a certain responsibility to dip into Priscilla's case and scrub away the stain-of murder! Introduction by William DeAndrea "It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore."- The New York Times Book Review 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 the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained-and puzzled-millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

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