Murder by the Book Philip Gooden For another

For another

From the theft of an heirloom to an ominous case of blackmail

suspense-laden thriller that is also a novel of brilliantly astute social observation focusing on two fascinating worlds: that of the New York-Washington black upper middle class

finally reaching its thrilling climax in a conspiracy that leads to the dark heart of the Afrika Reich itself

'First there was a phone call from a stranger

Murder by the Book Philip Gooden For anotherIt wasn't Leonard Dykes's writing style that offended. But something in his unpublished tome seemed to lead everyone who read it to a very unhappy ending. Now four people are dead, including the unfortunate author himself, and the police think Nero Wolfe is the only man who can close the book on this novel killer. So the genius sleuth directs his sidekick to set a trap . . . and discovers that the truth is far stranger and far bloodier than fiction.