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Fer-de-lance (Nero Wolfe Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Rex Stout (Author)
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Bantam Crime Line e. edition (1 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553278193
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553278194
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 301,376 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars An orchid bloom intricately unfolds, so too this mystery., 25 Jul 2001
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I discovered this book in a used jumble and was delighted to come across writings so like Jeeves! My 85 year old mother quickly recalled Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe...when I happened to ask her if she recalled the name Rex Stout. Way to go, Mum! Light reading with lovely use of language and so many more stories of his to explore. Get Busy, I've already finished the second one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Clever Dialog with So-So Mystery, 5 Oct 2007
By Thomas Paul (Plainview, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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Nero Wolfe is one of the most famous detectives in fiction. Wolfe is a genius for solving murders but that is not what makes these books worth reading. It is Wolfe's eccentricities combined with the narration of Wolfe's assistant, Archie Goodwin. Rex Stout displays clever and funny writing (especially the dialogs), to keep the story moving. Nero Wolfe is, of course, the incredibly obese detective who rarely leaves his apartment in Manhattan but sends Archie Goodwin, (his hardboiled, skirt-chasing assistant) to gather evidence for him so that Wolfe can sit in his chair and solve the case.

Fer-De-Lance is the first book in the Nero Wolfe series (there are 73 in the series) and it is amazing how fully developed the characters were even in this first book. It has been said that that you can pick up any of the novels in any order and you won't feel out of place. In this story, Wolfe is short of money (a perennial problem as he lives in an expensive apartment, with a chef, a gardener to maintain his precious orchids, and Archie on staff). Wolfe first needs to find a case that can pay him enough and he is lucky enough to find a convenient murder and even better he has a clue that the police don't have as he knows another murder is linked to the first. Slowly, and yet inexorably, Wolfe reels in the murderer and solves the case.

But solving the murder is only a small part of the story. It is the narration of Archie Goodwin, the wonderful dialog, and the uniqueness of Nero Wolfe, that make this a fun story to read. There is little mystery in the actual murder but watching Wolfe crack the case and figure out how to get the evidence against the killer is pure joy.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Read!, 21 Jan 2004
By C. R. Downing "Chris Downing" (Chippenham, Wilts England) - See all my reviews
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I liked the TV series so much I wanted to see what the books were like. I wasn't disappointed. A very nice read (especially if you were on holiday). The plot was hardly brain numbingly difficult and you could see what was coming - but well written and had a real feel of the 30's when its set.
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