Overview
When a renowned theater director senses something amiss during his latest production, he calls in Nero Wolfe. Though the corpulent genius wouldnāt normally accept a job this vague, a mutual friend dangles the prospect of a very rare orchid in exchange for his services, and Wolfe canāt resist.
With a mind to suss out useful backstage gossip, Wolfe turns to his faithful assistant, Archie Goodwin, to impersonate a journalist in order to speak to the cast. Though Goodwinās conversations prove unfruitful, on his last day at the theater, the director is murdered in his soundproof booth, poisoned by an unseen culprit during an evening performance. In short order, an actor whose health is failing attempts suicide with the same poison.
Now Goodwin is a prime suspect in the directorās demise, effectively sidelining him for the rest of the case, and freelance gumshoe Saul Panzer must step in to help wrangle the various members of the playāfrom the ingĆ©nue and the diva to the handsome movie star and the surly stage managerāso New Yorkās smartest, and most reclusive, private detective can determine who is responsible for these dramatic deaths and clear Goodwinās name once and for all.
Continuing his beloved seriesāwhich also includes Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Murder in the Ball Park, and Archie in the CrosshairsāNero Awardāwinning author Robert Goldsborough ābrings Nero Wolfe, late of Rex Stout, gloriously back to lifeā (Chicago).
Murder, Stage Left is the 59th book in the Nero Wolfe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
This book title, Murder, Stage Left, ISBN: 9781504041119, by Robert Goldsborough, published by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (March 7, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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