Death on Deadline
by Robert Goldsborough
Goldsborough's Murder in E Minor authentically revived the late Rex Stout's
famed Nero Wolfe and company, busy again in this appealing sequel. The
unbeatable sleuth's trusty assistant, Archie Goodwin, tells of events Wolfe
investigates without stirring from his Manhattan brownstone. Convinced that
elderly Harriet Haverhill was murdered, the detective disputes the official
verdict of suicide. Proud of her family-owned newspaper, the Gazette, Haverhill
had rejected lucrative offers from a sleazy tycoon who wants to turn the daily
into another of his sensationalistic scandal sheets. Mrs. Haverhill's kin and
other stockholders seem eager to sell out, however, and Wolfe intends to prove
that one of them is a killer for profit. He does, as Archie assembles all
concerned to hear the great man pronounce judgment, ending a dandy story.
famed Nero Wolfe and company, busy again in this appealing sequel. The
unbeatable sleuth's trusty assistant, Archie Goodwin, tells of events Wolfe
investigates without stirring from his Manhattan brownstone. Convinced that
elderly Harriet Haverhill was murdered, the detective disputes the official
verdict of suicide. Proud of her family-owned newspaper, the Gazette, Haverhill
had rejected lucrative offers from a sleazy tycoon who wants to turn the daily
into another of his sensationalistic scandal sheets. Mrs. Haverhill's kin and
other stockholders seem eager to sell out, however, and Wolfe intends to prove
that one of them is a killer for profit. He does, as Archie assembles all
concerned to hear the great man pronounce judgment, ending a dandy story.