num_pages: 285
description: As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadfully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda -- whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison in his heart.
language: English
title: Fer-de-Lance
titlecomplete: Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)
characters: Carlo Maffei, Mr. Townsend (Fer-de-Lance), Harry H. Barber, Peter Oliver Barstow, Nero Wolfe, Fred Durkin, Fritz Brenner, Theodore Horstmann, Orrie Cather, Manuel Kimball, Harry Foster, Dick Morley, Noel Bradford, Bill Gore, Anna Fiore, Fletcher M. Anderson, Larry Barstow, Detective O'Grady, Maria Maffei, Archie Goodwin, E.D. Kimball
genres: Audiobook, 20th Century, American, Detective, Crime, Classics, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Fiction
ratings_count: 14948
places: New York City, New York
series: Nero Wolfe 
publisher: Bantam Books