Gambit, Rex Stout
Gambit, Rex Stout
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Gambit

Author: Rex Stout

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2007


Synopsis

Jerin is a mental freak—a man capable of successfully playing a dozen simultaneous chess games against first-rate players while he himself is out of sight of any of the boards. It is while thus engaged that he is killed. A millionaire—his opponent in more realms than chess—is accused, and Nero Wolfe is given what appears to be the most hopeless case he and Archie Goodwin have ever tackled.

You need to know nothing about chess to follow this tale, but some understanding of beautiful mothers and daughters will help.

“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

About The Author

Rex Stout (1886 - 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction, particularly the 33 novels and nearly four dozen novellas that featured the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on August 19, 2019

Chess master Paul Jerin is fatally poisoned during a blindfold match at the Gambit Chess Club, and Matthew Blount, the club member who brought him the pot of hot chocolate, is arrested and charged with murder. His daughter hires Wolfe to clear her father, and soon we are absorbed in one is Wolfe's b......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on June 05, 2018

Another great Stout! How shall I review this book? It's a murder mystery. I could give you the particulars: a young woman comes to Nero Wolfe and wants to pay him $20,000 to exonerate her father who she believes has been falsely accused of murder. Nero is too busy tearing pages out of a dictionary h......more

Goodreads review by hotsake on September 06, 2023

A solid Wolfe mystery. I had fun with this fast, easy read. The only reason that this wasn't rated higher, was the fact that it lacked some witty banter that I love so much.......more

Goodreads review by Ana on December 03, 2018

Mais um policial de "época". Hoje em dia este tipo de histórias estão completamente ultrapassadas. É difícil imaginar que se pode prender um sujeito baseado apenas em provas circunstanciais, sem utilizar dados científicos, como por exemplo o ADN. Nesta época "adivinha-se" quem foi, por dedução e dep......more

Goodreads review by Two Envelopes And A Phone on April 04, 2022

This…was very cool. A very satisfying 137-page whodunit to sit down and read all at one go, in a coffee shop on a Saturday afternoon. That’s what I did; the coffee, as coffee does, cooled down but the book heated up, and scalded the synapses with a terrific ending. I had owned Gambit in some used pa......more