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    Prisoner's Base: Nero Wolfe, Book 21

    Written by Rex Stout

    Narrated by Michael Prichard

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    "It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore."-The New York Times Book Review

    When Priscilla Eads, heiress to cotton-towel millions, first pleads for Nero Wolfe's assistance, the portly detective decides to wash his hands of a case that has more than its share of dirty laundry. Just hours later Miss Eads and her maid are found strangled to death under circumstances that don't quite wash. Now, to the dismay of a greedy board of directors and a fortune-hunting South American ex-husband, the astute Wolfe feels, on second thought, a certain responsibility to dip into Priscilla's case and scrub away the stain-of murder!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateApr 10, 2007
    ISBN9781415940969
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    Prisoner's Base: Nero Wolfe, Book 21
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    Rex Stout

    Rex Todhunter Stout (1886 – 1975) was an American crime writer, best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe and assistant Archie Goodwin. The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century. Rex passed away in 1975.

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    • 4/5
      This 21st (?) entry in the Nero Wolfe series was interesting because Archie ended up as Wolfe's client!. The plot was good; I ended up suspecting several characters and though the culprit was one of those, I can't claim to have figured it out myself.Michael Pritchard does a good narration.
    • 5/5
      This has long been one of my favorite books in the Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin series, though for a long time I wouldn't re-read it because of A Thing that happens. A few years ago I decided that was silly and re-read it. The Thing is still very ... Thing-y, but in my (ahem) maturity I really appreciate the way author Rex Stout handles the situation and the fallout from it in ways that serve the story without striking even a single false note with our beloved characters. So it went back on the re-read list, and I re-read it recently. It's still awfully good, in every sense of the phrase.
    • 3/5
      Good Nero Wolfe, and a decent mystery.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this episode in the Nero Wolfe series. Wolfe and Archie were both at their best with their banter. Some of the plot was a little convoluted, but that made it fun. Definitely an interesting cast of characters. The ending did seem to come out of nowhere, but I didn't mind. The writing was a product of it's time at points, particularly with regards to women.
    • 4/5
      Archie becomes the client in an unusual case that involves the contested transfer of a company. Archie takes responsibility for the murder of a potential client and goes on his own to solve the case. NW is forced to take him on as a client.
    • 3/5
      A young heiress asks Wolfe to let her stay in his house for a week unitl she inherits control of a major corporation. Then her guardian (not nowing she is there) asks Wolfe to find her. Wolfe tells her to match his offer or leave. She leaves and is murdered shortly afterward. A friend hires Wolfe to investigate and then it murdered under conditions that remind Archie Goodwin of the old game prisoner's base. I like both victims so I do not enjoy this story as much as most. Wolfe stories
    • 4/5
      Nero Wolfe novels are “comfort” reads for me. When I’m tired or just can’t figure out what I’m in the mood to read it has become my habit just to grab the next NW and settle down for a pleasant evening “with friends” without having to think too much. I enjoy the characters and the puzzles and I’m about even with Stout at figuring out the answer before Wolfe does. This is one where I didn’t. Stout played fair but the hints were not made as obvious as they sometimes are. This one has an unusual twist in that the person who becomes the client is a surprise. We also get to see a little of the “human” side of Wolfe’s lawyer, Nathaniel Parker. Recommended for fans of “classic” mysteries
    • 5/5
      An excellent story from start to finish. I knew who the culprit was, being a keen fan of the now-defunct A&E series, but the book was so much more detailed and engrossing that I fell into the story and didn't want it to end. In fact, when I first finished it, I moped around the house for a few days before starting all over again, just to rejoin the wonderful world inhabited by Wolfe, Fritz, and the always dashing Mr. Goodwin.
    • 5/5
      Excellent! Very well written, amusing story with solid characters. I didn't figure out "who dunnit" til the end, which is very unusual! I'm glad I took the time to read it.
    • 5/5
      For some reason, I found this one of the saddest Wolfe novels.