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Prisoner's BasePrisoner's Base

Prisoner's Base1952

Stout, Rex Stout

4.4(11)on Hardcover

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“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review When Priscilla Eads, heiress to cotton-towel millions, first pleads for Nero Wolfe’s assistance, the portly detective decides to wash his hands of a case that has more than its share of dirty laundry. Just hours later Miss Eads and her maid are found strangled to death under circumstances that don’t quite wash. Now, to the dismay of a greedy board of directors and a fortune-hunting South American ex-husband, the astute Wolfe feels, on second thought, a certain responsibility to dip into Priscilla’s case and scrub away the stain—of murder!

Details

First published
1952
OL Work ID
OL137492W

Subjects

FictionPrivate investigatorsDetective and mystery storiesNero Wolfe (Fictitious character)Juvenile fictionMysteryFiction, mystery & detective, generalWolfe, nero (fictitious character), fictionPrivate investigators, fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionLarge type booksMurderInvestigationDetectives

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