In the Super Clever Detectives genre, Sherlock Holmes stands out as the man who can observe the scene and pick up all kinds of information that no one else has seen. But we also have Nero Wolfe, who is a recluse, staying home and sending out a team of detectives to pick up bits and pieces of the ...
I really like natural black licorice candy. There is a lot of licorice candy out there, some using other ingredients that taste like licorice and others using "artificial" licorice flavor. But there is plenty of real licorice out there for almost the same cost, so why not buy it?If you like Rex...
Robert Goldsborough's 2nd Nero Wolfe novel began poorly but improved to mediocrity by the end.Wolfe is concerned that a Scottish newspaper baron with a reputation for sensationalism will purchase the Gazette, Wolfe's long time ally and source of information. Wolfe sets out to prevent it. However,...
She was embarrassed and started to apologize, but I told her never to regret a genuine show of feelings. Then we shook hands and she scooted off to study while I walked back to Bailey Hall to meet Cortland. I got to two-sixteen, which was my idea of a typical classroom, at eleven-fifteen, and qui...
Price. The newspapers got delivered at the front door of the house before daybreak, and I scooped them up at a few minutes after six. I sat on the brick steps and went through the Times first, page by page. There wasn’t a word about Bell’s death. Next I tackled the Herald-Tribune with the same re...