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. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained-and puzzled-millions of mystery fans around the world. The man has entered our folklore.”- The New York Times Book ReviewĪ 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. “It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The case is all boiling down to a strange taste of greed-and a grumpy gourmand’s unappeasable appetite for truth.
In short order, Wolfe finds himself confronted by one of his most perplexing and pressing cases, involving a curious set of clues: a gray Cadillac, a mysterious woman, and a pair of earrings shaped like spiders dipped in gold. So why has he accepted a case for $4.30? And why have the last two people to hire him been ruthlessly murdered? Wolfe suspects the answers may lie in the story of a twelve-year-old boy who turns up at the door of his West Thirty-fifth Street brownstone. 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.Nero Wolfe was almost as famous for his wealthy clients and extravagant fees as for his genius at detection. 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. Set in 1950s Manhattan, it stars Maury Chaykin as the heavyweight detective genius Nero Wolfe, and Timothy Hutton as Wolfe's assistant, Archie Goodwin, narrator of the Nero Wolfe stories.
Introduction by Linda Barnes "It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery is a 2000 American crime drama television film based on the 1953 novel by Rex Stout. The case is all boiling down to a strange taste of greed-and a grumpy gourmand's unappeasable appetite for truth. Nero Wolfe was almost as famous for his wealthy clients and extravagant fees as for his genius at detection.
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