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Three compact novellas featuring detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. In "Too Many Clients," a wealthy man’s murder leaves a tangled matrix of suspects—including widows, lovers, and caretakers—before Wolfe solves the case. "Might As Well Be Dead" follows a Midwestern businessman who hires Wolfe to find his son, who is now on trial for murder under a new identity. The final tale, "The Final Deduction," has Wolfe negotiating a ransom for the husband of a downtrodden actress after a kidnapping, only to unravel a deadly conspiracy involving the actress’s secretary.
First publish date: 1971
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Rex Stout
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