{"product_id":"9781453266373","title":"Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn “excellent” novel that goes back to 1920s New York to reveal how the famed detective first met his incomparable sidekick (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1930, young Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks—with a pair of hot lead slugs.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Dismissed from his job for being “trigger-happy,” he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective’s assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside Piano Heist, the Rive Gauche Art Gallery Swindle, and the Sumner-Hayes Burglary. But it’s the kidnapping of Tommie Williamson, the son of a New York hotel magnate, that introduces Goodwin to the man who will change his life.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Goodwin knows there’s only one detective who can help find Tommie: Nero Wolfe, the stout genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street. Together, they’ll form one of the most unlikely crime fighting duos in history—but first Goodwin must locate Tommie and prove that he deserves a place by Wolfe’s side.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this witty story about the origin of a legendary partnership, Robert Goldsborough gloriously evokes the spirit of Nero Wolfe’s creator, bestselling author Rex Stout, and breathes new life into his beloved characters. ","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140591730928,"sku":"9781453266373","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453266373_p0.jpg?v=1763846431","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453266373","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}