num_pages: 155
description: A private club is the setting for murder whe n Paul Jerim, playing chess with twelve opponents, is poison ed. When her father is accused of the murder, beautiful Sall y Blount calls on gourmet detective Nero Wolfe to find the r eal killer. '
language: English
title: Gambit
titlecomplete: Gambit
characters: McKinney, Fritz Brenner, Dobbs »Dobbsy», George Rowcliff, Orrie Cather, Schipple, Victor Avery, Matthew »Matt» Blount, Theodore Horstmann, Purley Stebbins, Edwin A. Vollmer, Lewis Hewitt, Morton Farrow, Sarah »Sally» Blount, Saul Panzer, Nero Wolfe, Tony Laghi, John Piotti, Fred Durkin, Paul Jerin, Lon Cohen, Daniel »Dan» Kalmus, Anna Blount, Archie Goodwin, Carruthers, Bernard Wash, Charles W. Yerkes, Inspector Cramer, Ernst Hausman
genres: Mystery, Fiction, 20th Century, Thriller, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Historical, American, Audiobook
ratings_count: 3061
places: New York City, New York
series: Nero Wolfe 
publisher: Bantam Books