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In the city that never sleeps, private investigator Nero Wolfe takes on a trio of harrowing cases. First, the murder of a young public activist with outspoken left‑wing views leads the FBI, NYPD, and a grieving family to his doorstep. Next, two undocumented young detectives accused of killing a homicide officer are thrust into a geopolitical nightmare, with their lives hanging in the balance on the verge of deportation. Finally, Wolfe confronts a seemingly innocuous cartoonist whose eccentric colleagues pull him into a murder that threatens his professional license and personal livelihood. Each case tests Wolfe’s intellect and the limits of justice in a politically charged New York setting.
First publish date: 1952
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Rex Stout
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