The Black Mountain

The Black Mountain Rex Stout Series: Nero Wolfe [23] Published: 1998 Tags: Vintage Mystery

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SUMMARY:

Enraged by the cold-blooded killing of his closest friend, Nero Wolfe leaves not only his home, but his country as well. In an exotic land where his life depends on a false passport, a knapsack filled with chocolate bars, and a razor-sharp knife, the great man faces the most dangerous adventure of his career.

SUMMARY:

Enraged by the cold-blooded killing of his closest friend, Nero Wolfe leaves not only his home, but his country as well. In an exotic land where his life depends on a false passport, a knapsack filled with chocolate bars, and a razor-sharp knife, the great man faces the most dangerous adventure of his career.

The Black MountainRex StoutSeries: Nero Wolfe [23] Published: 1998 Tags: Vintage Mystery

Vintage Mysteryttt

SUMMARY:

Enraged by the cold-blooded killing of his closest friend, Nero Wolfe leaves not only his home, but his country as well. In an exotic land where his life depends on a false passport, a knapsack filled with chocolate bars, and a razor-sharp knife, the great man faces the most dangerous adventure of his career.

SUMMARY:

Enraged by the cold-blooded killing of his closest friend, Nero Wolfe leaves not only his home, but his country as well. In an exotic land where his life depends on a false passport, a knapsack filled with chocolate bars, and a razor-sharp knife, the great man faces the most dangerous adventure of his career.

THE BLACK MOUNTAIN REX STOUT Thorndike Press � Chivers Press Thorndike, Maine USA Bath, England This Large Print edition is published by Thomdike Press, USA and by Chivers Press, England. Published in 1998 in the U.S. by arrangement with Rebecca Stout Bradbury. Published in 1998 in the U.K. by arrangement with Rebecca Stout Bradbury. U.S. Hardcover 0-7862-1569-0 (Thomdike Mystery Series Edition) U.K. Hardcover 0-7540-3511-5 (Chivers Large Print) U.K-Softcover 0-7540-3512-3 (Camden Large Print) Copyright � 1954, by Rex Stout All rights reserved. The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged. Other aspects of the book may vary from the original edition. Set in 16 pi. Plantin by Rick Gundberg. Printed in the United States on permanent paper. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Stout, Rex, 18861975. The black mountain / Rex Stout. p. cm. ISBN 0-7862-1569-0 (Ig. print : he : alk. paper) 1. Wolfe, Nero (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. 2. Private investigators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. I. Title. [PS3537.T733B53 1998] 813'.52--dc21 9828860 Warning In a way this is a phony. A lot of the talk I report was in languages I am not on speaking terms with, so even with the training I've had there is no use pretending that here it is, word for word. But this is what happened, since I had to know what was going on to earn my keep, Nero Wolfe put it in English for me every chance he got. For the times when it had to be on the fly, and pretty sketchy, I have filled it in as well as I could. Maybe I shouldn't have tried to tell it at all, but I hated to skip it. Archie Goodwill Chapter 1 That was the one and only time Nero Wolfe had ever seen the inside of the morgue. That Thursday evening in March I barely caught the phone call. With a ticket for a basketball game at the Garden in my pocket, I had dined in the kitchen, because I would have to leave the house at ten to eight, and Wolfe refuses to sit at table with one who has to pack it in and run. And that time I couldn't eat early because Fritz was braising a wild turkey and had to convey it to the dining room on a platter for Wolfe to see whole before wielding the knife. Sometimes when I have a date for a game or a show I get things from the refrigerator around sixthirty and take my time, but I wanted some of that hot turkey, not to mention Fritz's celery sauce and corn fritters. I was six minutes behind schedule when, as I pushed my chair back and got erect, the phone rang. After asking Fritz to get it 7 on the kitchen extension and proceeding to the hall, I haonovan seemed to be listening, but ^e wasn5t impressed. When I thought I ha^ made the sltuatlon perfectly plain and stepped for breath, he turned to his phone, ^lled Homicide, told them Wolfe was comilW and asked for instructions.