description: Leonard Dyke's writing style didn't offend. But all of his work featured unhappy murder. When four people die, including the author, police finally call on Nero Wolfe. Wolfe baits his trap. When it springs shut, he finds that truth is stranger (and bloodier) than fiction. "Once again Rex Stout puts Nero Wolfe through his paces, always to the reader's satisfaction." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
language: English
title: Murder By the Book
titlecomplete: Murder By the Book
characters: Charlotte Adams, Dolly Harriton, Mabel Moore, Fritz Brenner, Frederick Briggs, Nina Perlman, Nathan Harris, Conroy O’Malley, John R. Wellman, Inspector Cramer, Archie Goodwin, Leonard Dykes, Joan Wellman, Clarence O. Potter, Sue Dondero, Cynthia Free, Gibson, Portia Liss, James Corrigan, Orrie Cather, Theodore Horstmann, Nero Wolfe, Baird Archer, Ferdinand Dolman, Blanche Duke, Phil Buratti, Hulda Greenberg, Louis Kustin, George Rowcliff, Mrs. Abrams, William Butterfield, Nancy Abrams, Claire Buckhardt, Helen Troy, Rachel Abrams, Deborah Abrams, Eleanor Gruber, Emmett Phelps, Fred Durkin, Purley Stebbins, Saul Panzer
genres: American, Books About Books, Mystery, Humor, Detective, Audiobook, 20th Century, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 3692
places: New York City, New York
series: Nero Wolfe 
publisher: Bantam Books