false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg 77592 30 Radio talk show host Madeline Fraser's fear of dead air becomes literal when a guest keels over after drinking a glass of her sponsor's beverage. Enter Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie. Nero lends his considerable sleuthing skills to the case but soon discovers that everyone connected to the case is lying about it. What's more, the portly private eye soon learns that the secret worth lying about only hides another worth killing for. 2777460 1948 And Be a Villain (Crime Line) (Crime Line) total:511|5:122|4:246|3:134|2:9|1:0| 511 2014 638 18 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 2 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 14:05:15 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 14:07:49 -0800 2008
Otherwise, there are some good quips from Archie as usual, but this particular story isn't one of the better ones. I'm not sure I actually followed how Wolfe came to his conclusions or why the mur...more...]]> 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 4 0 false Thu Jul 30 08:48:10 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 08:49:13 -0700 2009 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 3 0 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Feb 16 10:31:45 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 10:31:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 77594 0553763040 9780553763041 176 7 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900297m/77594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77594.Before_Midnight 4 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 14:53:17 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 14:53:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 77594 0553763040 9780553763041 176 7 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900297m/77594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77594.Before_Midnight 4 0 false Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 13:28:56 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 13:38:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 3 0 false Thu Nov 15 10:01:05 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 10:03:56 -0800 2007 more...]]> 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 5 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 11:03:34 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 18:06:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 08:42:49 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 08:44:53 -0800 2008 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 4 0 false Sun Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Jun 07 21:36:34 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 21:37:56 -0700 2008
A radio guest on Miss Fraser's program dies on air. Nero Wolfe takes the case because he's broke but Archie reckons Wolfe is "too conceited, too eccentric and too fat" to work.]]> 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 5 0 false Mon Nov 03 16:48:21 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 16:39:54 -0800 2008 77594 0553763040 9780553763041 176 7 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900297m/77594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77594.Before_Midnight 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 18:41:46 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 13 20:00:03 -0800 2008 77594 0553763040 9780553763041 176 7 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900297m/77594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77594.Before_Midnight 3 0 false Thu Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Sep 18 19:58:55 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 19:59:07 -0700 2008 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 07:13:04 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 07:17:43 -0700 2007 77594 0553763040 9780553763041 176 7 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900297m/77594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77594.Before_Midnight 4 0 false Mon Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 18 22:47:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 23:42:21 -0700 2008 ]]> 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 4 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 08:06:34 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 06:59:02 -0700 2007 A Rex Stout classic, featuring Wolfe's first encounter with master criminal Arnold Zeck.]]> 77594 0553763040 9780553763041 176 7 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900297m/77594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77594.Before_Midnight 4 0 false Mon Nov 03 16:49:09 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 03:20:03 -0800 2008 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 4 0 false Sun Jul 06 17:24:26 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 17:24:26 -0700 2008 77594 0553763040 9780553763041 176 7 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900297m/77594.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77594.Before_Midnight 2 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 14:10:34 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 18:21:36 -0700 2007 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 4 0 false Thu Dec 10 13:03:38 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 13:03:38 -0800 2009 77592 0553239317 9780553239317 310 11 3.94 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900296m/77592.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77592.And_Be_a_Villain 3 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 05 14:35:27 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 14:35:46 -0800 2009 2 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77592