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Book Review of Murder in E Minor (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, Bk 1)

Murder in E Minor (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, Bk 1)
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When a maestro is murdered, Archie is flabbergasted when the gargantuan gourmet detective lifts himself out of retirement. Amid a juicy public scandal, Wolfe and Archie feast on suspects yet starve for facts until the scanty clues finally arrange themselves like notes on a score, and Wolfe recognizes a dark melody that only a murder virtuoso could perform