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   Books Read in 2017 (1,779) Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A good entry in the Nero Wolfe series but not exceptional... 3.5* for this audiobook edition, 3* for the book (  ) leslie.98 | Mar 2, 2020 |  Casual non-murder, mostly. Different pace. (  ) Fiddleback_ | Dec 17, 2018 | one of the more interesting books in the series. Amy De Novo is a young woman raised entirely by her mother (rarer then than now.) It develops that her mother literally began her life 'de novo" taking that name when she had Amy. Amy wants to find her father. (  ) antiquary | Feb 6, 2016 | This Nero Wolfe mystery begins with Lily Rowan's assistant, Amy Denovo, asking for Archie's help in finding her father. Her mother has passed away from a hit-and-run incident without ever breathing a hint to Amy of her real father, so, with money collected from checks supposedly sent by the father, Amy hires Wolfe - only the case is complicated when it looks like the hit-and-run might have been more sinister. Although enjoyable, there are some minor quibbles with the plot in this one (it feels as if the motive for the hit-and-run was not sufficiently explored), but Wolfe novels, I maintain, are to be read for the characters, not the mysteries. That said, I am frustrated with the Rex Stout Library edition, which offers brief pages toward the end with extra things (advertisements for Nero Wolfe movies, comic strips, letters from Stout's editors). In this case, the afterword promises a letter from Stout's editor and "the master's reply"... except there is no reply. Simply the original letter from the editor to Stout (wherein he asks the same questions I had about the plot). It would be annoying enough, except something similar happened in a previous one I read. All in all, though, another great Wolfe book! ( ) kittyjay | Apr 23, 2015 | Some days you just need Archie Goodwin to cheer you up. This did the trick. ( )1  jen.e.moore | Mar 30, 2013 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Twenty-two-year-old Amy Denovo needs Nero Wolfe's help. She is determined to learn the identity of her father, a secret her mother scrupulously guarded--and took to her grave when struck by a hit-and-run driver. Now Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, have just one clue to go on: a note from Amy's mother and a box with over $250,000. Seems every month since Amy's birth, her mother received $1,000 from an unknown source and saved it for Amy's future. It's easily enough for Amy to afford Wolfe's services, and he grudgingly agrees. But as the weeks go by, Wolfe realizes this may be one of his most challenging cases ever. Someone doesn't want Amy's pedigree discovered, and that someone appears to wield great power. It isn't long before Wolfe and Archie come to believe that Amy's mother was murdered--and that Amy could be next. Michael Prichard gives another of his masterful readings to this cleverly plotted tale. No library descriptions found. |
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