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Title: And Be a Villain (Crime Line) by Rex Stout ISBN: 0-553-23931-7 Publisher: Crimeline Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.42 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Toast to the Host Makes the Guest a Ghost
Comment: A guest on a radio talk show drops dead after taking a drink of the sponsor's beverage. Everyone involved lies through their teeth. Most lie to protect the host's embarassing secret, but one lies to escape the gallows. Nero Wolfe, who usually avoids cases, uncharacteristically seeks employment. He undertakes to solve the case on a contingent fee basis--no solution, no pay. Of course, he solves the case and earns his fee, but manages to please nobody in the process.
Wolfe is his usual gruff, eccentric, mercenary self. He is easy to dislike, but his powers are hard to disrespect. Archie Goodwin and the ensemble of regulars help to cushion Wolfe's rough edges.
In this book we first meet Wolfe's nemesis, Arnold Zeck. Zeck is a shadowy figure of immense wealth, untold political power, and criminal bent. One might say he is New York's "Napoleon of Crime." He plays only a small part in this book, but he comes into homicidal conflict with Wolfe in two later books, "The Second Confession" and "In the Best of Families."
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best.
Comment: This may be the best Wolfe of all. The detective story, which is often secondary in the Wolfe opus, is first rate. The characterizations of Archie and Nero are full flavor, but the rest of the cast carries their weight nicely. There is even a surprising plot twist or two, unusual for the straightforward style usually employed by Stout. This is the only Nero that has a quote as a prologue, ala Hemingway. If you have read any Wolfe books and enjoyed them, find a way to get this one. It is worth the trouble.
Rating: 5
Summary: Classic Rex Stout
Comment: This has got to be my favorite of all the Nero Wolfe books. The interplay between Archie and Wolfe, Wolfe's rants about sub-par mass produced foodstuffs, to the dated slang used by teenager Nancylee, are all perfect representations of the best of Rex Stout. It all comes together in a truly delightful tale that had me smiling from start to finish.
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Title: In the Best Families (Crime Line) by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553277766 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553254642 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Second Confession by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553245945 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Over My Dead Body by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553231162 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Champagne for One by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553244388 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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