Industrial espionage explodes into a serious case of slaughter!
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There was Life before Nero & Archie,
By L. Gaye Lewis "Beaulah" (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sound of Murder (Paperback)
There was life before Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin.
I can't express just how much I enjoyed "The Sound of Murder". All Nero Wolfe fans should stop in their tracks and come up with a practical plan on how to get a copy of this HTF book. The story may be one of Stout's canniest even in comparison to the Wolfe Canon. A woman seeks the help of the recently disbarred (for putting his honor before court rules), unemployed, New York City folk hero Alphabet Hicks because her industrialist husband has repeatedly accused her of industrial espionage. Her happy and peaceful home has become a hostile and guarded place. Why does her husband believe she is a spy? Each time he comes up with a major scientific breakthrough his competitor is always just a few steps ahead of him, and he says he has incontrovertible proof of her guilt. Hicks quickly discovers an entertaining and intriguing cast of characters, a muddle of science, multiple murders, damsels stuffed in car trunks, a puckish and heroic youth, and missing chocolate. Hicks is startled to discover that her husband has proof of her espionage - a phonograph recording of a meeting between her and his competitor. You'll have to read the book to discover more. I have read and enjoyed all three of the Tecumseh Fox novels (Double for Death, Broken Vase, & Bad for Business (orig. version of the Wolfe Tingley Tidbits short story)). The Fox novels are very good. Fox reminds me of the male protagonist in the Thin Man. Fox is very entertaining, suave and wealthy and is surrounded by a coterie of very, funny oddballs. In a sense, he is Archie's elder precursor. Stout has two special novels featuring detectives from the Wolfe Cannon. I haven't read the Inspector Cramer (Red Threads) or Doll Bonner (The Hand in the Glove) novels but I tried each briefly and was tempted away by another book. I strongly recommend The Sound of Murder to Wolfe fans and anyone who likes a well-written and entertaining 1940's detective mystery. Stout offered us a rich universe of detective fiction. It'd be silly not to avail oneself of hours of reading pleasure.
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