Stop the Presses! (The Nero Wolfe Mysteries #11)

By: Robert Goldsborough

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Synopsis: Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have a lot of boldfaced names on their suspect list when New York&’s most hated gossip columnist is murdered. There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a favor, the famously brilliant—and notoriously lazy—detective is inclined to listen. According to Cohen, someone wants to kill the Gazette&’s gossip columnist, Cameron Clay. Death threats are a regular hazard for Clay, who&’s hurled insults and accusations at every bold-faced name in the five boroughs. But the latest threats have carried a more sinister tone. The columnist has narrowed his potential killers down to five people: an egomaniacal developer, a disgraced cop, a corrupt councilman, a sleazy lawyer, and his own ex-wife. But when Clay turns up dead, the cops deem it a suicide. The bigwigs at the Gazette don&’t agree, so they retain Wolfe and his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin, to figure out which of the suspects had the mettle to pull the trigger. In this &“outstanding&” mystery, Robert Goldsborough, author of Murder in E Minor, &“once again demonstrates an impressive ability to emulate Rex Stout&’s narrative voice&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).