Read Series: Chip Harrison
by Author Lawrence Block
Make Out With Murder (1997)
Lawrence Block's homage (of sorts) to Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe. It doesn't so much imitate as try to update (circa 1974) the basic story concept. It comes across as something of a low rent, almost seedy Nero Wolfe knock-off with a lot of sex going on. At times it seems more satire than homage whi...
No Score (1996)
IT IS A MYSTERY why a wily, witty, world-wise young man-about-town like Chip Harrison has to resort to elaborate arguements and intricate maneuvers to get as beautiful a girl as Francine to go to bed with him.
Chip Harrison Scores Again (1997)
When young, broke, and single Chip Harrison finds a bus ticket to Bordentown, South Carolina, he knows it was sent by the hand of fate. It’s his way out of wintry New York City, and a way into the warm welcome of Bordentown’s sheriff! But before long, Chip charms his way into the sheriff’s good g...
The Topless Tulip Caper (1998)
With the fourth, and final, Chip Harrison novel, The Topless Tulip Caper (1975) Lawrence Block pulls off a very entertaining Nero Wolfe pastiche. Chip Harrison makes a very satisfactory Archie Goodwin and Block provides a satisfactory Nero Wolfe in Leo Haig.In an interview with Ethan Iverson on D...