Archie Goes Home: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

The Nero Wolfe Mysteries, Book 15

De: Robert Goldsborough

Narrado por: L. J. Ganser

Duración: 6 h y 6 m

Resumen del Editor

Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker.

Archie Goodwin’s aunt Edna is about to lure him away from his work at Nero Wolfe’s New York brownstone. After a phone call, he heads off to Ohio, where the president of Farmer’s State Bank and Trust, an elderly widower, has died in an apparent suicide. But Archie’s aunt has expressed nagging suspicions - which only grow stronger when someone takes a shot at a local reporter who wrote about the case.

It wouldn’t be a small town without some gossip, and Archie soon hears the whispers: romantic intrigues, a possible paternity case, a ruined business. While reconnecting with his aging mother - and fending off his nagging aunt - Archie tries to untangle a web of grudges, scandals, and murder.

From Nero Award-winner Robert Goldsborough, this is a brand-new novel in the series created by Rex Stout, starring one of the world’s most beloved detectives and his equally engaging sidekick.

©2020 Robert Goldsborough (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing

Best narrator in the business!

The stories are always fun, but it’s Ganser’s reading that makes the people come alive.

Excellent

This was a very interesting story set in Ohio. An insight into archies background was entertaining.

More Wolfe!

Far more chatty than a classic Stout; maybe the setting and all the family characters brought this on, but it would have been better if author resisted!

Where is Wolfe?

Can hardly be called Nero Wolfe. mystery. M r. Goldsborough, please, keep Archie in New York.

Meh

I was expecting something more interesting. The ending was somewhat anti-climatic. It was okay.

Enjoyable escapades highlight Archie's trip

As a casual reader of Nero mysteries since high school I don't know why other reviewers have to be so harsh on Mr. Goldsborough. For me it's an enjoyable romp with some of my favorite detectives. I avoided this one at first but found it rewarding to listen to. You may not get to sit in the red leather chair at the brownstone but you will find some great listening ahead.

Delightful

I enjoyed getting to know Archie‘s mom and the whole story. And entertaining and enjoyable read.

A so-so story, poor imitation of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe mysteries

Though it pains me to say it, this is one the the poorest Nero Wolfe mysteries I’ve read/listened to, to date.

After discovering the Nero Wolfe, and Archie Goodwin mysteries n 1985 after moving to Milford, NH, in the then small city library, I have bought all of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe books and I read them through chronologically from the first one, “Ferdelance” to the last “Death Times Three” (three short stories), every 2 or three years.

The most enjoyable aspect of Rex Stout’s originals is that the atmosphere he created makes the stories eminently re-readable! In the introductions to the books reprinted in the 1990s dozens of excellent mystery writers attest to the durability of the mysteries, & that they are a joy to read over and over again because of Stout’s amazing ability to create characters, unique dialog, and again, atmosphere, that is a very rare gift.

Don’t shy away from all of Goldsborough’s Nero Wolfe stories, it’s just that this one isn’t very good, in my opinion. It drags on just to fill pages with nonsense that just doesn’t need to be included.

Robert Goldsborough’s, though a medal winner for his continuation of the Wolfe series (and a few of his stories are worth reading/listening to) just don’t measure up, especially because he changes some very basic backgrounds. A large example for me is Goldsborough’s changing Fritz, the gourmet cook & household treasure, from a Swiss, French speaker, to a German background. And L. J. Ganser, who narrates the books, makes Fritz German accent sound like a thug.

Nero Wolfe

One of my favorites. Archie Goes Home was particularly good. Also liked Archie in the Crosshairs.

A strong addition to the Wolfe oeuvre

“Archie Goes Home” continues the Wolfe tradition honorably. Robert Goldsborough, the continuator author, has truly settled into the rhythm firmly established by Rex Stout. The clues to resolve the mystery are subtle when read and obvious when explained. I love getting so much more of Archie’s backstory. His mother is a lively addition to the cast of characters and, having met her, it is easy to see where Archie’s inquisitive nature was nurtured. LJ Ganser is a terrific narrator and I cannot fathom why “Murder Stage Left” was narrated by, perhaps, the single worst narrator in the history of Audible. Ganser is the voice of these characters now. I look forward to the next Goldsborough / Ganser collaboration.