The sexes battle, the head feuds with emotions it cannot control, and crime extorts and strikes and kills but does not pay in this collection of stories by Rex Stout at the outset of his celebrated career in mystery and suspense. Again and again in these tales taken from the pages of the pulps that first published him, Stout proves himself a master of the sudden reversal and unexpected revelation as he probes the thwarted heart and criminal mind.
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An Officer and a Lady... indeed!,
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This review is from: An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (Stout, Rex) (Paperback)
i have been a Rex Stout fan for years but found my interest waning in Archie Goodwin's sarcasm and Nero Wolfe's pettishness. So i tried 2 different books: Under the Andes which is AWFUL and htis book which was surprisingly DELIGHTFUL! Several short stories, carefully written, with a twist in each one. They have a hint of O. Henry's influence possibly? i would highly recommend it to anyone who likes short stories, surprise endings, or just simple stories of humanity.
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The sexes battle, the mind feuds with emotions it cannot control and crime exhorts and strikes and kills but it does not pay in this collection of sixteen short stories by Rex Stout at the outset of his celebrated career in mystery and suspense.
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Bill Farden had had his eye on the big brick house on the corner for some time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Carlisle, Miss Moulton, New York, Miss Maria, William Frederick, Betty Blair, Miss Chidden, Maria Chidden, Eighth Avenue, Hotel Thiersberry, Lady Churchill-Brown, Jonathan Marston, Liberty Bell, Miss Beaton, George Stafford, Jules Mercade, Miss Blair, Robert Chidden, Secret Sorrow, Bath Beach, Bob Chidden, Gordon Wheeler, Gretta Sturcke, Restaurant de la Tour, Rex Stout New!
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Bill Farden had had his eye on the big brick house on the corner for some time. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Carlisle, Miss Moulton, New York, Miss Maria, William Frederick, Betty Blair, Miss Chidden, Maria Chidden, Eighth Avenue, Hotel Thiersberry, Lady Churchill-Brown, Jonathan Marston, Liberty Bell, Miss Beaton, George Stafford, Jules Mercade, Miss Blair, Robert Chidden, Secret Sorrow, Bath Beach, Bob Chidden, Gordon Wheeler, Gretta Sturcke, Restaurant de la Tour, Rex Stout New!
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- Her Forbidden Knight (Stout, Rex) by Rex Stout in Front Matter
- What If? by Aaron Phillips on page 96
- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton on page 15
- Target Practice (Stout, Rex) by Rex Stout in Front Matter
- A Prize for Princes (Stout, Rex) by Rex Stout in Front Matter
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