
The Doorbell Rang
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 1, 1992
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- Who it’s for
- A classic detective’s appetite for a lucrative case runs up against the FBI’s less-than-subtle attention.
- Themes
- Crime and detection, Private investigation and the FBI
- Genres
- Private Eye Fiction, British Mystery, Mystery Anthologies
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There’s no one and nothing the great detective Nero Wolfe wouldn’t take on if the price was right. That’s something wealthy society widow Rachel Bruner is counting on when she writes him a check for a whopping hundred grand. But even Wolfe has a moment’s doubt when he finds out why the prize is so generous.
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For the oversize genius and his able assistant Archie Goodwin are about to lock horns with the FBI—and those highly trained G-men have a way with threats, tails, and bugs that could give even sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe a run for his money. Introduction by Stuart Kaminsky “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.
Wolfe Meets the FBI
A classic detective’s appetite for a lucrative case runs up against the FBI’s less-than-subtle attention.
Come here for
- Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin facing a formidable institutional foe
- A mystery with money, threats, tails, and bugs in the mix
Expect
- A clash between Wolfe’s commanding presence and the FBI’s reach
- The familiar pleasures of crime and detection
Where it sits
| British Mystery | 51% |
|---|---|
| Private Eye Fiction | 50% |
| Mystery Anthologies | 25% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- British Mystery
- Cozy Mysteries
- Private Eye Fiction
- Authors
- Rex Stout
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- June 1, 1992
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Crime and detection · Private investigation and the FBI
- Reading lane
- British Mystery