{"product_id":"archie-meets-nero-wolfe-a-prequel-to-rex-stouts-nero-wolfe-mysteries-paperback","title":"Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"excellent\" novel that goes back to 1920s New York to reveal how the famed detective first met his incomparable sidekick (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1930, young Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks--with a pair of hot lead slugs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dismissed from his job for being \"trigger-happy,\" he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective's assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside Piano Heist, the Rive Gauche Art Gallery Swindle, and the Sumner-Hayes Burglary. But it's the kidnapping of Tommie Williamson, the son of a New York hotel magnate, that introduces Goodwin to the man who will change his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Goodwin knows there's only one detective who can help find Tommie: Nero Wolfe, the stout genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street. Together, they'll form one of the most unlikely crime fighting duos in history--but first Goodwin must locate Tommie and prove that he deserves a place by Wolfe's side. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this witty story about the origin of a legendary partnership, Robert Goldsborough gloriously evokes the spirit of Nero Wolfe's creator, bestselling author Rex Stout, and breathes new life into his beloved characters.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51370468344031,"sku":"9781453270974","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/wdtf8tZD719781453270974.webp?v=1789161398","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/archie-meets-nero-wolfe-a-prequel-to-rex-stouts-nero-wolfe-mysteries-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}