Murder by the Book
Registered by CandyDarling of Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on 10/2/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
8 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by CandyDarling from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, October 2, 2004
Ex library copy.
From Amazon.com:
Nero Wolfe, the epicurean detective, and his wry and irreverent legman, Archie, team up again to discover why a law office clerk has been murdered for the unlikely offense of submitting a manuscript for publication. With a cryptic quotation from the Bible and a list of names in the dead clerk's pocket as the only clues, Wolfe and Archie take the murderous manuscript to task. "Odd and intriguing. . . . Wolfe and Archie are both in top form." - The New York Times
From Amazon.com:
Nero Wolfe, the epicurean detective, and his wry and irreverent legman, Archie, team up again to discover why a law office clerk has been murdered for the unlikely offense of submitting a manuscript for publication. With a cryptic quotation from the Bible and a list of names in the dead clerk's pocket as the only clues, Wolfe and Archie take the murderous manuscript to task. "Odd and intriguing. . . . Wolfe and Archie are both in top form." - The New York Times
Journal Entry 2 by CandyDarling at Kirjan ja Ruusun Päivän tapahtuma in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Monday, May 9, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (5/10/2005 UTC) at Kirjan ja Ruusun Päivän tapahtuma in Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
This book will be released in the Esplanade park, near the Runeberg statue, 10.5.2005.
This book will be released in the Esplanade park, near the Runeberg statue, 10.5.2005.
I snapped this book from CandyDarling's hands before it could even reach the table, and now I'm going to add it to my Rex Stout collection! Thanks, CandyDarling, and sorry, the rest of the world, for not having a chance to catch this book!
I decided to pass on this book to Niora!
Journal Entry 5 by 
Niora
from Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on Saturday, June 7, 2008
Niora from Kuopio, Pohjois-Savo / Norra Savolax Finland on Saturday, June 7, 2008
Received as a surprise gift at the Finnish BCers' summer convention in Suomenlinna, Helsinki today. Thanks! I'm always delighted to read another Wolfe story in English.
I must have read this one before in Finnish (I read every Nero Wolfe mystery available to me within a few months in the spring of 2001, if memory serves, and this one has certainly been translated), but I recalled nothing of the plot and Stout kept me guessing until the very end. Archie is not nearly as entertaining in this book as he's capable of being, but as a mystery, it's masterful. I really like these NW plots in which the "old fatty" sets out with barely a half a clue, yet somehow finds a (generally highly indirect) way to the solution.
Big thanks to harmaja for giving this one to me! I'll have to see what to do with it next - I hope that some Finnish BCer will ask for it, since I'd rather not send English-language Stouts out of the country.
Big thanks to harmaja for giving this one to me! I'll have to see what to do with it next - I hope that some Finnish BCer will ask for it, since I'd rather not send English-language Stouts out of the country.
Journal Entry 7 by 
Soozreader
from Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen Finland on Thursday, July 3, 2008
Soozreader from Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen Finland on Thursday, July 3, 2008
I took the book with me from our local BC meeting.
Journal Entry 8 by Soozreader at Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen Finland on Thursday, July 28, 2016
Soozreader at Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala / Norra Karelen Finland on Thursday, July 28, 2016
I really enjoyed this book! Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe never fail me! The story was good and there certainly were murders to investigate but still not too much work for Wolfe.
Released 7 yrs ago (7/28/2016 UTC) at
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Congratulations! Happy reading!:)
Journal Entry 10 by bookfrogster at Edinburgh, Scotland United Kingdom on Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Received in a team and mystery sweeps parcel. I've not read any of this series before, so thank you soozreader!
This was an interesting read, as I can really see how the Rex Stout books have influenced other crime fiction writers. It's sort of amusing that he doesn't really seem to do much detecting. It's all down to Archie to pound the streets, asking the questions.
This will shortly be on its way to another Bookcrosser.
This will shortly be on its way to another Bookcrosser.
And off it goes to Lils74. Happy reading!
Journal Entry 13 by lils74 at Kathmandu, Bagmati (incl. Kathmandu Valley) Nepal on Friday, August 26, 2016
It's safely here in Kathmandu!!! Thank you so much, Bookfrogster, for your generosity! I've not read any of this series before but I know it's a classic and I love crime fiction, so looking forward to seeing how it is. Will update when I do.
Journal Entry 14 by lils74 at Kathmandu, Bagmati (incl. Kathmandu Valley) Nepal on Monday, September 26, 2016
Fun book – a bit dated, but very clever. I enjoyed reading it and would read more if they came across my path. The bit with the guy’s sister—Peggy in Cali—was cute and fun. And I loved the line: "Nothing doing. She was still her—too short, too plump, and too old, but the one and only Mrs. Potter." The last line, too: "What the hell, I thought, in another twenty years Bubblehead may be dead, and age and contours won’t matter much, and I’ll grab her." I wonder if Archie is always that way with a girl in every book. The collaboration between Nero & Archie is interesting; both are so intelligent in different ways and this one had a resolution that hinged on the tiniest of clues. Really interesting.
Journal Entry 15 by lils74 at Kathmandu, Bagmati (incl. Kathmandu Valley) Nepal on Friday, February 17, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (2/17/2017 UTC) at Kathmandu, Bagmati (incl. Kathmandu Valley) Nepal
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This is already quite a well-travelled little book, and I've decided to give it to ApoloniaX to take with her to the BC convention in Oslo. I hope it finds many more readers who will love it!
ETA: Forgot to note this is release #3 for Booklady331's KTM 2017 Release Challenge.
ETA: Forgot to note this is release #3 for Booklady331's KTM 2017 Release Challenge.
Journal Entry 16 by 
ApoloniaX
at Lalitpur, Bagmati (incl. Kathmandu Valley) Nepal on Saturday, February 18, 2017
ApoloniaX at Lalitpur, Bagmati (incl. Kathmandu Valley) Nepal on Saturday, February 18, 2017
This will travel with me to the Moose Convention soon :-)
Journal Entry 17 by ApoloniaX at Bookcrossing Convention Oslo 2017 in St. Hanshaugen bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Saturday, February 18, 2017
ApoloniaX at Bookcrossing Convention Oslo 2017 in St. Hanshaugen bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on Saturday, February 18, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (4/21/2017 UTC) at Bookcrossing Convention Oslo 2017 in St. Hanshaugen bydel, Oslo fylke Norway
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at the Bookcrossing Convention in Oslo
- or elsewhere in Oslo during the release walk.
Happy reading!
Journal Entry 18 by 
Enitnaj
at -- wild released somewhere in Oslo in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway on Monday, April 24, 2017
Enitnaj at -- wild released somewhere in Oslo in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway on Monday, April 24, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (4/23/2017 UTC) at -- wild released somewhere in Oslo in Oslo Sentrum, Oslo fylke Norway
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Released this book near the Vigeland monolith, during the flashmob. We were asked to remove the books since it's a monument, so the book was re-released somewhere else in Oslo.
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
