Before midnight: a Nero Wolfe mystery
by Stout, Rex
The scent of murder is in the air at the great Pour Amour perfume contest, and the incomparable Nero Wolfe is intent on sniffing out the killer. The foul deed is committed during the contest's final round. Only five riddles separate the contestants from the million-dollar cash prize when someone finds the sweet smell of success too intoxicating to leave to chance. Now the contest creator is dead and the answers stolen from his wallet, and it's up to Wolfe to follow the trail of clues to a sourc…
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- Full title :Before midnight : a Nero Wolfe mystery / Rex Stout ; introduction by Robert Crais.
Summary
The scent of murder is in the air at the great Pour Amour perfume contest, and the incomparable Nero Wolfe is intent on sniffing out the killer. The foul deed is committed during the contest's final round. Only five riddles separate the contestants from the million-dollar cash prize when someone finds the sweet smell of success too intoxicating to leave to chance. Now the contest creator is dead and the answers stolen from his wallet, and it's up to Wolfe to follow the trail of clues to a source disturbingly close to home.
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- Publication Date:©1993
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bantam Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1993
Notes
Originally published: New York : Viking, 1955.
Publication date from Amazon.com: "Bantam (November 1, 1995)".
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 207 pages ; : 22 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0553763040, 9780553763041
- oclc:ocm57012257
- LC Classification:PS3537.T733
- Dewey Decimal:813/.52
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