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Laddar... Silver Spire (1992)av Robert Goldsborough
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Threats against a televangelist lead Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin into a murder case in this "brisk and beguiling page-turner" (Publishers Weekly). Staten Island would be forgettable were it not for the gleaming Tabernacle of the Silver Spire, where thousands of congregants come every Sunday to hear the sermons of Barnabas Bay. Millions more tune in on television, giving the good Reverend international fame, and a chance to spread the gospel from New York City's harbor all the way to South Korea. But threatening notes have been appearing in the collection bag, suggesting that one of the faithful has decided it's time this good shepherd get the hook. Believing organized religion is nothing more than a scam, rotund sleuth Nero Wolfe refuses to investigate the threats, instead recommending veteran investigator Fred Durkin for the case. But when Durkin is accused of murdering the Reverend's assistant, Wolfe fights to clear his name. He may not be a Christian, but he will always help a brother in need. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: (3.44)
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As a Nero Wolfe book, it is - okay. There was minimal Nero Wolfe, and lots of Archie. I have no problem with that. But. I love Rex Stout's Archie. Fast talking, smooth with the ladies, big on vernacular, though not always grammatically correct . . . And this Archie just was a hair off. There was minimal slang, not much interaction with the ladies, not much about his sharp dressing - just not quite there.
As for the plot - oh, here be spoilers . . .
One of Nero's part time employees is in trouble. Not just trouble, but in jail on a murder charge. Shades of Orrie Cather in Death of a Doxie! Now in that book, Nero and the entire gang jumps in to save Orrie because he is one of theirs. Orrie had a lot more reason to commit murder, and he was definitely more a murderous type.
But Nero, after consulting with Archie and the boys, accepts his innocence and sets to work proving him innocent. So why, when the much more likeable, and much less likely, Fred Durkin is accused - with far less reason - does Nero take such a back seat, even to the extent of never mentioning Saul, and taking to his room with a 'relapse'.
When he does reluctantly solve the murder, he gets in a car and heads to the scene. His excuse for this outlandish change of the habits of almost a lifetime? He didn't think Archie could get the suspects to the brownstone. 1. Nero rarely thinks Archie can't gather the people - He says do it, and expects it to be done. 2. When he does anticipate reluctance, he has Cramer summon them. But not this time - no, he summons Cramer, unbeknownst to Archie.
No, for me this was not a good example of a Nero Wolfe. (