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  • Murder, Stage Left

  • A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Book 12
  • By: Robert Goldsborough
  • Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
  • Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (68 ratings)
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Murder, Stage Left

By: Robert Goldsborough
Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
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Summary

It’s curtains for a famous Broadway director, and private investigator Nero Wolfe is on the case - but his assistant, Archie Goodwin, is a suspect.

When a renowned theater director senses something amiss during his latest production, he calls in Nero Wolfe. Though the corpulent genius wouldn’t normally accept a job this vague, a mutual friend dangles the prospect of a very rare orchid in exchange for his services, and Wolfe can’t resist.

With a mind to suss out useful backstage gossip, Wolfe turns to his faithful assistant, Archie Goodwin, to impersonate a journalist in order to speak to the cast. Though Goodwin’s conversations prove unfruitful, on his last day at the theater, the director is murdered in his sound-proof booth, poisoned by an unseen culprit during an evening performance. In short order, an actor whose health is failing attempts suicide with the same poison.

Now Archie Goodwin is a prime suspect in the director’s demise, effectively sidelining him for the rest of the case, and freelance gumshoe Saul Panzer must step in to help wrangle the various members of the play - from the ingénue and the diva to the handsome movie star and the surly stage manager - so that New York’s smartest, and most reclusive, private detective can determine who is responsible for these dramatic deaths and clear Goodwin’s name once and for all.

Continuing his beloved series, Nero Award - winning author Robert Goldsborough “brings Nero Wolfe, late of Rex Stout, gloriously back to life” (Chicago).

Murder, Stage Left is the 59th book in the Nero Wolfe Mysteries, but all stories can be enjoyed on their own.

©2017 Robert Goldsborough (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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I love this

this is a brilliant book to listen to. I love Nero wolf series and this is one of the best ones

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Murder stage left

Outstanding intriguing and Leaves you guessing until the very end.
Another well read one to add to the collection

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Whodunnit?

This is the first NW where I’ve actively tried to guess whodunnit! Even Archie is a potential suspect!!

There are plenty whom you would happily throw under the bus, and even NW himself is stumped!

Enjoyable yarn with L. J. Ganser doing a great performance once again.

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Enjoyable and well performed, but not exciting

I enjoyed listening and thought the performance strong, but the characters remained underdeveloped and the denouement wasn't surprising. It's a good listen for pottering around the garden, but it won't keep you alert on a long drive.

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Another atmospheric Nero Wolfe Mystery

Entertaining as usual
Feels like a slow starter with first interviews that seem like monologues that are long threaded and hard to keep your attention. But the story picks up later to result in an old fashioned and entertaining Naro Wolfe and Archie Goodwin story.

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Slow boring surge

Little or no plot. Absent sleuth - easy cover for inadequacy. Poor character projection. Boring story and ever so slow progress. I dare not even call it activity. The narrator made no effort to change his drawl in to different players or sexes - just a slurred drawl

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