Hand in Glove
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • TALES OF MISS BEATRIX
  • Spanish Civil War casts suspensenet 50 years in future
  • A double ending!
Hand in Glove
Robert Goddard
Manufacturer: Poseidon Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0671750704

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3 out of 5 stars TALES OF MISS BEATRIX.......2006-08-14

There's enough plotting in this book to fill three books and that is its ultimate weakness. It's a long, sometimes tedious, read but one has to give author Goddard a silver star for being able to weave all the myriad of plotting into a cohesive resolution. The plot is way too labyrinthine to go into detail here, but suffice to say it involves the murder of an elderly spinster, a dead heroic poet, a young niece trying to find out who killed her aunt; a somewhat sleazy antiques dealer and the brother accused of the murder; the young girl's brother and his promiscuous wife; an American cad; and the Spanish Civil War.
There's lots of twists and turns, and although I didn't find it one of my favorite reads, it's a well developed if somewhat lengthy read.

5 out of 5 stars Spanish Civil War casts suspensenet 50 years in future.......1999-07-17

This is my fifth Goddard, and each maintains a freshly unique, suprising, suspensful character. The Spanish Civil War is an active character in the novel, and offers a valuable learning experience in itself. The theme of webs, connections and linkages continues from Goddard's other novels. All issues are finally resolved but not without unexpected twists and turns that make it difficult to put the book down.

5 out of 5 stars A double ending!.......1997-03-14

The plot is well thought out. Unlike most of Goddard's books, half way through, I was sure that I fully understood what was going on and who had committed the murder. All the facts fitted my suppositions so I was a little disappointed at how easy it was to determine what was going on. Then the plot changed dramatically and all my suppositions were proved to be wrong. Red herrings galore! The final pages of the book reveal the most plausible of solutions to the scenario. As with most of RG's books, the final pages reveal a solution not thought of, but altogether too plausible. An Excellent read!Terry Hockenhull
Hand in Glove
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Intriguing Literary Mystery
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  • Great Writing & Robert Goddard go Hand In Glove
  • Couldn't Put This One Down!
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Hand in Glove
Robert Goddard
Manufacturer: Delta
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ASIN: 0385339216
Release Date: 2006-04-25

Book Description

In her seaside cottage, Beatrix Abberley bravely confronts an intruder moments before her life is brutally taken. The crime stuns the elderly spinster’s family—especially Beatrix’s niece, Charlotte Ladram. But Charlotte has little time to mourn the loss of her beloved aunt and little patience when police quickly arrest a man Charlotte believes is innocent. For Charlotte, a harrowing quest for answers begins—one that will take her into the shadows of the past…and into the life and secrets of the dead woman’s brother, famed poet and casualty of the Spanish Civil War, Tristram Abberley.

Now, amid shattering revelations about her family, and in the aftermath of a second savage crime, Charlotte finds herself at the center of a widening storm. And for Charlotte, something extraordinary is beginning to happen. As fifty years of secrets begin to unravel, shy, cautious Charlotte is coming alive in the shadow of a mystery—uncovering a shocking tale of wartime greed and treachery, and a vendetta of violence seemingly without end….

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Intriguing Literary Mystery.......2007-02-02

I have read quite a few books by this author lately and I am impressed by the way he tells a story. The plots are intricate and involved,with many unexpected twists and turns, yet at the end everything is explained in a way that leaves you satisfied as a reader. His books usually touch upon a deeper meaning and his characters are both flawed and likeable. I also enjoyed Into the Blue, Borrowed Time and In Pale Batallions.

3 out of 5 stars Disappointing Final Third.......2006-12-10

Hand in Glove begins with fine writing and deft character development but the book is diminished by its plot structure. The initial tight and effective family plot falls away and the reader is left with a forced, unconvincing histrical thriller with fading characters.

4 out of 5 stars Great Writing & Robert Goddard go Hand In Glove.......2006-10-04

Duplicity and intrigue run rampant through the once quiet life of Charlotte Landram. The murder of her Aunt Beatrix is only the beginning of a series of events that confronts Charlotte and places her in the "eye of a storm" that has been brewing for over 50 years.

Mr. Goddard is an expert at integrating history into this clever thriller and has produced an absorbing, plausible story that captures the imagination. He has developed a situation populated by a cast of realistic, well-defined characters so convincing they seem familiar to the reader.

Compelling from page 1, you will find this journey rewarding.

5 out of 5 stars Couldn't Put This One Down! .......2006-07-09

The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!

No, his book is not about the "War", rather it's a superb mystery/thriller brilliantly written by British author Robert Goddard.

Beatrix Abberley boldly confronts an intruder in her home and is brutally murdered. What is so bizarre about this heinous crime is that the dialogue suggests that she was actually expecting the perpetrator and she knew what he was going o do and why he was going to do it. We soon find out that weeks before her murder she asked a confidant to mail four preaddressed letters to four different individuals in the event of her death. These letters will contain the reason for her murder and will reveal who the murderer is. Charlotte Ladram, Beatrix's niece, doesn't have long to mourn the murder of her elderly aunt when she is involuntarily pulled into a tangled web of betrayal and lost loyalties. As she enlists help from a most unexpected source she discovers a twisted connection between her aunt's brutal murder and a long lost secret from the Spanish Civil War.

Hand in Glove is part mystery, part thriller, part police procedural (although Goddard convincingly finds a way to tone down the necessity of the police). The characters are wonderful. They are lively, exciting and jump right off the page. They have distinct personalities. As I read each page I felt as if I were standing right there watching all the action and listening to their dialogue. Which brings me to my second point, the dialog is fresh, natural and incredibly engaging; never stiff or boring, and the author uses it expertly to shape the characters and move the story along at a good clip. The plot is well formulated. There is something here for everyone. Every nuisance is covered, every action brings new revelation. And Goddard's research is implacable. He has given us keen insight into an interesting historical period. HAND IN GLOVE is all that you expect a thriller to be and more. Goddard masterfully proves that fiction can go beyond mere entertainment and can inform and enlighten (as well as delight) readers when written well. One caveat...towards the end of the book, as the plot begins to unravel and secrets are revealed, the events and characters get a little complex. Stay with it, all will be settled in the end.

This is a superbly written novel! I am looking forward to reading Goddard's other titles.

Enjoy.

Cris Cunningham for Amazon.com

5 out of 5 stars terrific international amateur sleuth .......2006-05-07

In England elderly wealthy Beatrix Abberly greets the intruder into her home as Mr. Spicer whom she says to him that she was expecting him. She recognizes the candlestick holder he carries and uses to kill her. Her niece Charlotte grieves her loss in what seems like a robbery gone bad. The police arrest antique dealer Colin Fairfax whose motive was to steal Beatrix' priceless artifacts to sell.

Colin's brother Derek firmly believes he is innocent and plans to prove that though it means finding courage he does not possess. At the same time, Charlie also believes that the motive was not robbery; she assumes the few items purloined were to cover a more sinister crime especially after she finds letters between Beatrix and her brother, highly regarded poet Tristram who died fighting on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War five decades ago. Charlie and Derek team up as both believe the homicide ties back to the war on the Peninsular in the late 1930s, but neither expected that they could be next.

This terrific international amateur sleuth tale grips the audience from the moment the calm Beatrix says hello to Mr. Spice and never slows down until the final believable twist. The action-packed story line works because of the lead pairing; Derek is shy and struggles to be a hero while Charlie grieves and is a bit overweight while also strains to accomplish something way out of character for her. Part of Robert Goddard's genius is to take everyday people placed in arenas outside their norm performing extraordinary but plausible deeds. HAND IN GLOVE is a superb thriller by an English grandmaster.

Harriet Klausner
Hand In Glove (A Roderick Alleyn Mystery)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • DEAD IN A DITCH would be more apt
  • Well timed mystery.
  • One of Ngaio Marsh's best mysteries
  • Finally, a detective who seems real
Hand In Glove (A Roderick Alleyn Mystery)
Ngaio Marsh
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ASIN: 0312969082

Book Description

Who had a hand in the murder of a country gent?

All manner of friction fills the English country house shared by genteel retiree Percival Pyke Period and fuddy-duddy lawyer Harry Cartell. Until one of them, after a flamboyant dowager's treasure hunt party, is found murdered-face down in the mire of an open drain. Which of Superintendent Roderick Alleyn's suspects-linked by a tangled set of relationships-wore a crucial, missing pair of gloves to commit this dirty deed?

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars DEAD IN A DITCH would be more apt.......2003-02-27

This isn't the case featuring Peregrine Jay's play _The Glove_; DEATH AT THE DOLPHIN is the case featuring Hamnet Shakespeare's cheveral glove,"worn but once".

The third-person viewpoint of HAND IN GLOVE is split between Alleyn himself and a supporting character - in this case, Nicola Maitland-Mayne, a young family friend of the Alleyns. Nicola plays down her double-barrelled name, but her new employer not only emphasizes it but says he hired her because he knew her family. Pyke Period's snobbery is of a harmless variety, and doesn't interfere with his basic decency and friendliness. He's a confirmed bachelor with an arch manner, whose ruling passion is the manner - or manor - born: the formal trappings of the upper classes, from architecture to family portraits to etiquette - most especially etiquette. He's famous for his letters of condolence, and has hired Nicola to help him assemble his notes on etiquette for a publisher. (He'd *love* to have Troy Alleyn paint his portrait for the cover of the book, incidentally, but doesn't dare ask, given her notorious choosiness over human subjects).

Unfortunately, the new book isn't the only change in Period's life lately. Since retiring from his law practice a few weeks ago, Henry Cartell has been sharing Period's house, but it isn't working out. Period (and his staff, Mrs. Mitchell and Alfred) like a very settled routine, and Cartell gets on their nerves. He often invites his irritating sister Connie and her disreputable hangers-on to stay, with little warning. His mutt Pixie smashes up vicarage garden parties. At least he's on good terms with his ex-wife, neighbour Lady Bantling - or rather, he was until they disagreed over her son's trust fund. On that point, Period agrees as co-trustee that Andrew should *not* quit the army to invest in an art gallery and pursue a painting career.

On the night the story opens, Pixie moves upscale, causing a dogfight during Lady Bantling's treasure-hunt party. Lucky, in a way, that Pixie bit the hostess' current husband, since the doctor's visit marks one of the few fixed points in the timetable of Cartell's murder.

The first treasure-hunt clue led to a ditch being dug along Period's property. At some point while Cartell was taking Pixie for her nightly walk, he fell in, but it was no accident that someone's gloved hands rolled the sewer pipe onto him, leaving him to smother in the mud. The horrible manner of his death is the only device used to persuade us to care whether it's avenged; he's a mildly objectionable stage prop rather than a fleshed out character. The most interesting point about his death happens afterwards: why did Connie Cartell receive *two* of Period's famous letters of condolence on the same day?

The murder brings Alleyn in about halfway through, with the usual division of labour wherein Fox handles the bread-and-butter questioning, while Alleyn dazzles the upper crust. I regret to say that Alleyn not only meddles with the forensic work of his flash and dab minions Bailey and Thompson - he rarely lets forensics people do their jobs in peace, after all - but that Alleyn has regressed temporarily to the shallow flippancy of earlier cases.

As it happens, the police already know some of the suspects. Cartell's unmarried sister Connie has taken trashy 'Moppett' Ralston under her wing, complete with Moppett's boyfriend, Leonard Leiss. Lady Bantling actually gets nostalgic about how much Leiss reminds her of the top-grade gigolos of her youth - Bimbo Dodds, her current, third husband, is younger than she, but not *that* young. He himself is mixed up with a nightclub with a bad reputation. Andrew - he of the artistic aspirations - is one of the more wholesome visitors to the area; he and Nicola don't even try to follow Dodd's little trail of clues on the night of the hunt, but get acquainted with each other.

While this book is OK, I wouldn't go out of my way to read it; it fails to inspire either desire for justice - Cartell doesn't make much impression as a person - or even fear of injustice, since Alleyn doesn't commit himself to a suspect until the endgame. Lacking those elements - the mainstays of good mystery fiction - the story isn't especially interesting, and I prefer a good mystery *novel* over a clever puzzle any day. Neither the romance nor Lady Bantling's wild parties get enough play to compensate. Period and Lady Bantling provide some mild interest and entertainment, though.

5 out of 5 stars Well timed mystery........2002-03-08

One of the pleasures of reading Ngaio Marsh' Alleyn mysteries, is that not only are the mysteries puzzling, but that she has a way of bringing her characters to vivid life. While her skill at writing is largely responsible, so too is the time she takes to develop the characters before the "mystery" takes over.

This novel is a good illustration of that. Inspector alleyn doesn't enter the picture until halfway through the story. By then, we are as immersed in the personal lives, feelings, and thoughts of the characters, as if we were actually on scene. This is all the more amazing for the economy of words that Ms. Marsh employs. Here there are none of the tediously long descriptive passages that plague many an author who strive to be critically acclaimed.

The story takes place in a small village. The cast of characters are largely inter-related and of the "upper class". Into the mix are introduced the charming young secretary come to help write a book on proper manners, as well as a disreputable troublemaker who you would just love to see convicted of the murder.

The mystery moves along at a good pace and the ending wraps up the multiple threads of the story very satisfactorily. A pleasure to read, and one of her better efforts.

5 out of 5 stars One of Ngaio Marsh's best mysteries.......2000-07-26

Although a New Zealander by birth, Ngaio Marsh, has to be considered one of the great writers of the classic British detective novel. She has never come close to matching Agatha Christie's devious and ingenious talent for misdirection - not to mention her popularity - yet she is a far better writer than Christie. Her characters have depth and her dialogue is sharp and witty, albeit perhaps a bit too British upper crusty for some tastes. She chooses very interesting settings (as in "Died in the Wool") and milieux (as in "Artists In Crime") and describes them well - to the point where on occasions the atmosphere and mood provide half the pleasure of reading the book.

In "Hand In Glove", the tranquility of Pyke Period's English country house is disrupted by the discovery of his houseguest's body in an open ditch. Harry Cartell was the victim of an ingenious trap that could have been laid by any of half a dozen characters, whose backgrounds range from highly suspicious to above suspicion. Many secrets and many motives, but the narrative never generates confusion in the reader, only a mystification that is very gratifyingly unraveled by Roderick Alleyn. The clue on which the mystery turns - Pyke Period's misdirected letters - provides one of those "Aha!" moments that mystery readers so often long for, but so seldom get.

I am a practiced reader of detective stories and while I find most of Marsh's mysteries to be enjoyable reading, I do not find them particularly mystifying - I'm usually able to spot the guilty party in the early chapters. However, in "Hand In Glove" she very adroitly pulled the wool over my eyes, while playing fair every step of the way. This is a well-told story with a cast of plausible suspects, deft narration and excellent misdirection while presenting all of the clues fairly. A fun ready, and one of Marsh's best mysteries.

5 out of 5 stars Finally, a detective who seems real.......2000-06-17

While I loved reading Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, there was always something a bit unreal about Sherlock Holmes and Hercules Poirot. Neither of them seemed to have any kind of personal life (except of course, Watson and brother Mycroft for Holmes and Hastings for Poirot). No family, friends, love interests (though people have speculated on the Holmes/Watson connection)or any kind of emotional life. Inspector Alleyn is of a different breed. Yes, he's a professional, but he also has a personality outside of being "the Handsome Super," as the newspapers like to call him. As does his faithful sidekick, Inspector Fox, who, though not as clever as Alleyn shows a level of intelligence well above that of Hastings or Watson. In _Hand in Glove_ Marsh sets a murder against the backdrop of a village primarily occupied by the nobility. Indeed, no one would even dream of murder tainting the house where Messrs.Pyke Period and Henry Cartell live. But when one of them ends up having his skull crushed and multiple motives come to light, it is up to Inspector Alleyn to point the finger at the guilty party. This is probably the most skillfully woven Marsh mystery I have read to date.
The Hand in the Glove (Stout, Rex)
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good Reading, Weird Book
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  • An interesting work by the master of mystery
The Hand in the Glove (Stout, Rex)
Rex Stout
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Book Description

Wealthy industrialist P. L. Storrs has never approved of lady detectives, and he normally would not have made an exception of Theodolina "Dol" Bonner. But faced with a very delicate problem and surprisingly impressed, he hires her instantly. It seems that Storrs' bird-witted wife has fallen under the spell of a smooth-talking religious charlatan, and now Storrs wants Dol to get the goods on him. But when the gorgeous gumshoe arrives at Storrs' picturesque country estate, Birchhaven, to meet the scoundrel, she finds more than she bargained for - namely, the corpse of her client and a garden party teeming with suspects! This witty whodunit, brought dramatically to life by noted reader Judith West, was first published in 1937.

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2 out of 5 stars Good Reading, Weird Book.......2005-03-18

Others below have expressed concerns about the quality of the narration in this audio book. We're not talking much about this book itself...

Rex Stout tried to subfranchise Nero Wolfe many times. He sold to radio and hated what the scriptwriters came up with. He sold to movies and then criticized how the screenplays were.

Well, actually, he was right. These adaptations are pretty bad, in all truth.

But when he adapts his own stuff, and then tries to inhabit a woman's mind, it's a mess. Inspector Cramer is the only lucid, well-developed charater in this book - and this comes from a mystery author who developed such memorable characters.

Dol Bonner is a crypto-lesbian who cannot come out in 1938. The only love interests she has in this story are other women, so I think my last observation is credible. And Rex just cannot be that attitudinally flexible. The storyline is weak and not consistently interesting.

Most fatal flaw: the abandonment of first-person narrative style. We like Archie Goodwin because we can see ourselves as fantasy Archies. But Rex was not adventurous enough to make "Being Dol Bonner, Gay Detective" in 1938 as a first-person piece. Even though we do not see this story exactly from Dol's viewpoint, everything described is within her sight. About three-fourths of the way through, we're suddenly observing a too-long scene which is outside Dol's consciousness. It's jarring and might be worthwhile, if it really led someplace.

But it is just a little meander. Rex felt like exploring nonconventional religion, nonconventional relationships and nonconventional detectives, but the guy's just way too conventional for the job. It's a noble experiment, but it failed. Stout knew; he never tried again.

4 out of 5 stars A good fit.......2004-03-26

High-pitched and grating? We can't disagree with the one-star reviewer more. The voices are consistent and carefully chosen. We listened to this book while painting an apartment and found it thoroughly absorbing and well produced. We can't claim to own 30 unabridged Stout mysteries with which to compare this, but we can claim to know strong female characters strongly portrayed. Having listened to stories by writers such as Sara Paretsky and Sue Grafton, we think this performance ranks. It's consistent throughout, intelligently performed, and completely satisfying.

1 out of 5 stars Narration hard to take!.......2004-02-06

I am an avid audio-book fan, and own 30 unabridged, Nero Wolfe audio books. Naturally, this book interested me, and I purchased it with a Christmas gift certificate. What a disappointment!! The narration is high-pitched and grating. I truly cannot understand how the producers chose to use this narrator. My mother listened to the set before me and refrained from saying anything so as not to spoil the set for me. Once I commented on the poor narration, she felt free to say that she strongly disliked the narration to. What was Audio Editions thinking? Please choose the narrators with thought next time.

3 out of 5 stars An interesting work by the master of mystery.......2004-01-18

This is a Rex Stout book, but Nero and Archie are no where to be found. This adventure features Dol Bonner, the tough-talking female detective who has appeared briefly in some Wolfe books. As a character, she's interesting. She had her heart broken before the book begins, and consequently insists that she "hates men." Yet some of her closest relationships are with men. She's proud and efficient and good at her work. However, while it's interesting to watch Stout flesh out a new character and to hear him write in a new voice, it's still not great Stout. Sometimes the story is told from Dol's POV, sometimes it shifts to her partner and friend Syliva, other times the story is told by some one else altogether. This is no where near as satisfying a way to tell a mystery as by telling it all from the detective's point of view, and letting us solve the mystery along with our narrator. So, while this book will be fascinating for Stout's fans, I don't think it holds up very well as a mystery on its own.
Hand in Glove (Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories)
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    Hand in Glove (Indigo: Sensuous Love Stories)
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    Hand And Glove: The Path
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Hand and Glove :The Path
    • Get your leather gloved hands on this epic
    Hand And Glove: The Path
    Bob E. Genz
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    Release Date: 2007-06-25

    Book Description

    Part one of a trilogy delving deep into Gay BDSM and cult slavery.

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    5 out of 5 stars Hand and Glove :The Path.......2007-08-03

    I enjoyed reading this book because I know the Author. He is a great person and His Book reflects that. I can not wait to read the other books in this trilogy.

    5 out of 5 stars Get your leather gloved hands on this epic.......2007-01-24

    "Hand And Glove: The Path" is the first part of a trilogy about Master Bruce Hunter and his enterprise where men and women discover their destinies. This is a meaty first installment, taking kink and SM to outrageous levels. An egomaniacal former titleholder tries to learn the rules of submission and can't quite release the ego that would give him the freedom he seeks.

    The result is that he gets trapped in the clutches of backwater police whom are all too eager to make him suffer for his poor choices until his ultimate rescue. But that is just the first segment of this trilogy's installment, as he must learn the path to submission and discover the course to the greater good. In the final half of "H&G: The Path," the slave discovers what it is like to work as a team, to find the depths of the soul and the apex of surrender.

    This book is making me hungry for more. I want to see what becomes of Beuna Vista and Castle Enterprises. I want to know if the street ego of slave 9-745 can subjugate his own past and maintain his loyalty, or will his rebellious nature find him at odds with Master Hunter? What forms of pain/pleasure can these twisted minds direct towards each other? Did you enjoy "Carried Away," "Mr. Benson" or "The Marketplace" series? Then you're going to have a hard time putting this one down.
    Hand In Glove (Harlequin Intrigue, No 59)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Another of Stuart's dark tormented heroes!!
    Hand In Glove (Harlequin Intrigue, No 59)
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    5 out of 5 stars Another of Stuart's dark tormented heroes!!.......2002-10-19

    Hand in Glove deals with Judith Daniels a small town reporter. Her friend dies under mysterious circumstances at the Puppet Factory - a Jim Henson type organisation run by Ryan Smith. Her friend was in love with him and Judith fears he may be responsible for her death. So she gets a job there determined to find out the truth. Only now she is falling for Ryan herself and someone is trying to kill her.

    Another of Stuart's dark, charming bad boys!!
    The Hand In the Glove (A Dol Bonner Mystery)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Not Nero Wolfe, but Pretty Good
    The Hand In the Glove (A Dol Bonner Mystery)

    Manufacturer: Pyramid Books
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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    ASIN: 0515041491

    Product Description

    Fiction, crime, mystery, detective

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Not Nero Wolfe, but Pretty Good.......2006-03-01

    Rex Stout is, of course, seated at God's right hand even now for having written the sublime and always amusing Nero Wolfe mysteries. Rush right out and read EVERY ONE of them right now.

    I'll wait.

    Okay, done? I was right, wasn't I? The Nero Wolfe novels really are that good. Well, Stout wrote some other detective novels featuring Tecumseh Fox (3 novels, all okay) and Dol Bonner-- this novel, "The Hand in the Glove," is the only full-length Bonner, and it's very good. She also shows up in some of Nero Wolfe's adventures, doing work for the Great Man when Archie Goodwin is too busy or the wrong sex to do the job.

    The plot is fine and the writing is up to Stout's usual sterling standards, and Inspector Cramer, Wolfe's red-faced nemesis, even shows up late in the book. If you've read all the Nero Wolfes, read this-- you'll enjoy it.
    Accounting and Financial Fundamentals For Your Hand Gloves Business
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      Accounting and Financial Fundamentals For Your Hand Gloves Business
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      Manufacturer: Web Launch, Inc.
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Audio CD
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      Adam Smith's "invisible hand" in a velvet glove (The G. Warren Nutter lectures in political economy)
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        Manufacturer: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
        ProductGroup: Book
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