Murder in the Ball Park: 9 (The Nero Wolfe Mysteries) - Softcover

Goldsborough, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1480445657 ISBN 13: 9781480445659

Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2014

Synopsis

A killer hiding among the crowd at a Dodgers-Giants game forces Nero Wolfe to step up to the plate in this “superb” mystery (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Archie Goodwin and Saul Panzer have ventured into the wilds of northern Manhattan to watch the Giants take on the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds. The national anthem is just winding down when Panzer spies a notable in the box seats: state senator Orson Milbank, a silver-haired scoundrel with enemies in every corner of upstate New York. In the fourth inning, a monstrous line drive brings every fan in the grandstand to his feet—every fan save for one silver-haired senator, who has been shot dead by a sniper in the upper deck.
Archie’s employer—the rotund genius Nero Wolfe—has no interest in investigating the stadium slaying, but Archie is swayed by the senator’s suspiciously lovely widow. Her husband was mired hip-deep in corruption, and sorting out who killed him will be a task far less pleasant than an afternoon at the ball park. 

About this title

Review:

“Devotees of the late Rex Stout’s bestsellers will be pleasantly surprised.” —Publishers Weekly
“Robert Goldsborough brings Nero Wolfe, late of Rex Stout, gloriously back to life.” —Chicago 

“Mr. Goldsborough has all of the late writer’s stylistic mannerisms down pat.” —The New York Times

“Superb.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Book Description:

A politician is murdered by a sniper during a baseball game and his widow hires detectives Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin to solve the case. 

About this edition

• Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1480445657
• ISBN 13: 9781480445659
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238