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Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel To Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries (2012)

by Robert Goldsborough(Favorite Author)

3.85 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1453270973 (ISBN13: 9781453270974)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

MysteriousPress.com/Open Road

series

Nero Wolfe Novels by Robert Goldsborough

review 1: If you love Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries, I guarantee that you'll get much more enjoyment out of rereading the Stout series than you will from reading this prequel. That said Goldsborough's book is a pleasant read and goes down easy. It's the story of a newbie (Archie) in New York City finding his legs in the detective business during the Depression. As such, that story is interesting, showing Archie's good instincts and resourcefulness. The biggest problem of the novel is one of conception: Archie and Nero don't know each other and don't work together throughout most of the book. What makes the Stout series so wonderfully entertaining is the dynamic between Archie and Wolfe, one of dependence, mutual admiration, and on the surface loathing. Archie is unable to rib hi... mores boss since the whole story is about the earliest beginnings of their relationship. Other than that major problem, the mystery set forth is fairly bland and not much of a challenge for either Archie or Wolfe. It's okay, but not great.
review 2: A young man named Archie Goodwin from Chilicothe, Ohio goes to New York and gets a job working security on the piers and he shoots two men who are trying to steal from a docked ship, they shot first but his boss still fire him. Del Bascom as a private detective. They work a few small jobs, but then they get a call Nero Wolfe to help work on a kidnapping. After the case is over Nero Wolfe asks Archie to work for him as his assistant thus is the beginning of Archie and Nero Wolfe.I love Nero Wolfe and Archie , I watched the shows on television and now own the whole series on DVD. I am so glad Mr. Goldsborough kept it so close to the Rex Stout storylines and characters, this is a must read for all Nero Wolfe fans.Thanks to Net Galley and Mysterious Press. less

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