Series detective: Nero Wolfe, adied by narrator Archie Goodwyn.
Title:Fer-de-lance
No. in series: 1
Year of publication: 1934
Type of mystery: Murder
Type of investigator: P.I.
Setting & time: New York and nearby cities, USA; 1930s (early to mid- 20th century timeless setting)
Story: A young woman asks Wolfe to find her missing brother. When he turns up murdered Wolfe is able to link his death to that of a college president who collapsed on a golf course. Wolfe then proceeds to investigate the case in order to collect a rich reward offered by that man's wife and tests his wits against a clever murderer.
Warning: minor SPOILERS follow.
Review and rating: I must start by admitting that I detest gimmick murder weapons in mysteries, and unfortunately this one has not just one, but two. The snake I can forgive, since this is a relatively old story and the snake probably had not become a cliche when it was written (although some might say it became so already in Doyle's The Adventure o…
Title:Fer-de-lance
No. in series: 1
Year of publication: 1934
Type of mystery: Murder
Type of investigator: P.I.
Setting & time: New York and nearby cities, USA; 1930s (early to mid- 20th century timeless setting)
Story: A young woman asks Wolfe to find her missing brother. When he turns up murdered Wolfe is able to link his death to that of a college president who collapsed on a golf course. Wolfe then proceeds to investigate the case in order to collect a rich reward offered by that man's wife and tests his wits against a clever murderer.
Warning: minor SPOILERS follow.
Review and rating: I must start by admitting that I detest gimmick murder weapons in mysteries, and unfortunately this one has not just one, but two. The snake I can forgive, since this is a relatively old story and the snake probably had not become a cliche when it was written (although some might say it became so already in Doyle's The Adventure o…