num_pages: 160
description: Master sleuth Nero Wolfe and his confidential assistant Archie Goodwin match wits with a deadly adversary to solve a bizarre murder that takes place during a chess game at a private club
language: English
title: Gambit
titlecomplete: Gambit (Nero Wolfe, #37)
characters: Victor Avery, Bernard Wash, Fritz Brenner, Charles W. Yerkes, Tony Laghi, Inspector Cramer, Archie Goodwin, Lon Cohen, Carruthers, Paul Jerin, Edwin A. Vollmer, Matthew »Matt» Blount, Theodore Horstmann, Anna Blount, Orrie Cather, Ernst Hausman, McKinney, Morton Farrow, Nero Wolfe, John Piotti, Schipple, Dobbs »Dobbsy», George Rowcliff, Sarah »Sally» Blount, Lewis Hewitt, Fred Durkin, Purley Stebbins, Saul Panzer, Daniel »Dan» Kalmus
genres: American, Historical, Mystery, Detective, Thriller, Audiobook, 20th Century, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 3060
places: New York City, New York
series: Nero Wolfe 
publisher: Bantam