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A Right to Die
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A Right to Die Mass market paperbound - 1991

by Rex Stout

An interracial romance leads to murder in this deft mystery featuring surly, sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe. When a bright young heiress is found brutally murdered, the police finger her black fiance as the killer. Soon Nero and Archie find themselves embroiled in a case in which good intentions and bad deeds go hand in hand.


Summary

When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears.Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did.Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The police say her black fiance did it, but Wolfe has other ideas. Before he's done, he'll prove that good intentions and bad deeds often go hand in hand and that the highest ideals can sometimes have the deadliest consequences.From the Paperback edition.

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When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears.
Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did.
Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The police say her black fiance did it, but Wolfe has other ideas. Before he's done, he'll prove that good intentions and bad deeds often go hand in hand and that the highest ideals can sometimes have the deadliest consequences.

First line

He had no appointment and, looking at him across the doorsill, it didn't seem likely that he would be bringing the first big fee of 1964.

From the jacket flap

When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears.


Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did.


Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The police say her black fiance did it, but Wolfe has other ideas. Before he's done, he'll prove that good intentions and bad deeds often go hand in hand and that the highest ideals can sometimes have the deadliest consequences.

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  • Title A Right to Die
  • Author Rex Stout
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Crimeline, New York
  • Date April 1, 1991
  • ISBN 9780553240320 / 0553240323
  • Weight 0.24 lbs (0.11 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.89 x 4.19 x 0.59 in (17.50 x 10.64 x 1.50 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, New York (N.Y.)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011656843
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Rex Stout (1886-1975) wrote dozens of short stories, novellas, and full-length mystery novels, most featuring his two indelible characters, the peerless detective Nero Wolfe and his handy sidekick, Archie Goodwin.
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