Before midnight
by Stout, Rex
Cheaters never prosper, but Nero Wolfe encounters one who kills trying. At the Pour Amour perfume riddle contest, a million dollars goes to the contestant who can answer five questions. Someone doesn't like the heat of competition, so he murders the contest founder and steals the answers to the riddles. Now Wolfe has to sniff down a trail of clues that leads disturbingly close to home.
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Before midnight / Rex Stout ; introduction by Robert Crais.
Summary
Cheaters never prosper, but Nero Wolfe encounters one who kills trying. At the Pour Amour perfume riddle contest, a million dollars goes to the contestant who can answer five questions. Someone doesn't like the heat of competition, so he murders the contest founder and steals the answers to the riddles. Now Wolfe has to sniff down a trail of clues that leads disturbingly close to home.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:1993, ©1955.
- Edition:Bantam reissue ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bantam Books
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1993, ©1955.
Notes
"A Nero Wolfe mystery."
"Viking edition published October 1955"--Title page verso.
Source: Copyright deposit, Oct. 15, 1993.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 207, [4] pages ; : 18 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0553252917, 9780553252910, 0553763040, 9780553763041
- oclc:ocm29289198
- LC Classification:PS3537.T733
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