And Be A Villain: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

from wildbill

I felt this was an above average Nero Wolfe mystery. It begins with Wolfe soliciting a client, which is unusual. Someone drank the sponsor's product on a radio show and died. It was murder by cyanide poisoning. Bad publicity for everybody. Wolfe comes up with a clue and then turns it over to Cram...

from regularguy5mb

I've been watching a lot of private investigator television and films lately on Netflix, which put me in the mood to go back and read some of the great detective fiction from the 40s. This one has been sitting in my to-read pile for too long, so I figured it was time. Nero Wolfe, armchair detecti...

from thornton37814

A radio show guest is murdered live on the air, poisoned after drinking some of the sponsor's beverage. Was the guest the intended victim or did the bottle end up in the wrong person's hand? What was the motive? While there were a few places the plot bogged down, it rarely did so while Nero Wolfe...

from addunn3

A talk show guest is poisoned and Nero Wolfe needs money so he injects himself into the case. The plot is a bit intricate and at times confusing to a light reader, but enjoyed the usual quips from Archie.

from ShanM816

Wolfe's bank accounts are getting low, and he proposes to a radio personality to solve a murder she was unfortunately involved in. First he must sort out whether the victim was the intended victim, or whether he was accidentally murdered by someone who wished to kill the popular host of the radio...