Over My Dead Body
Over My Dead Body by Rex Stout, published by Random House Publishing Group on December 1, 1993, is a mystery novel featuring the renowned detective Nero Wolfe. In this edition, spanning 272 pages, Wolfe is drawn into a complex case involving a Balkan beauty who claims to be his long-lost daughter. As the plot unfolds, the stakes escalate when a student at her fencing school is found dead, leading Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin into a web of intrigue involving missing diamonds and hidden identities.
Readers will find a blend of cozy mystery elements and traditional detective work as Wolfe and Archie navigate through a series of murders and deceptive appearances. The narrative explores themes of familial ties and the intricacies of crime, all while maintaining the signature wit and charm of Stout’s writing. This edition captures the essence of Stout’s storytelling, inviting fans of private investigators and mystery fiction to delve into a world of suspense and clever deductions.
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When a Balkan beauty gets in trouble over some missing diamonds, whom else can she turn to but the world-famous Nero Wolfe? Especially since she claims to be Wolfe’s long lost daughter! The stakes are suddenly raised when a student at this woman’s fencing school ends up dead after a pointed lesson. As Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, thrust and parry into a tangle of documents, identities and international intrigue, another student body turns up, expertly skewered through the heart. Is Wolfe’s long lost daughter the black sheep of the family, a hot-blooded mistress of murder?
“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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