If Death Ever Slept

Name: If Death Ever Slept
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Rex Stout
ISBN: 9781415939864

Author: Rex Stout

Series: Nero Wolfe #29

Narrator: Michael Prichard

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 03/06/2007

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British, Private Investigators

Synopsis

With Nero Wolfe on the job, you'd think murderers would take caution. But even the master detective can't stop a killing, especially if it's an inside job—right under the roof of his client, millionaire Otis Jarrell.

What's more, it's Jarrell's own missing revolver that the killer uses. Wolfe must find the truth behind the scandals in Jarrell's ill-behaved family. One of its members sleeps the fitful sleep of the guilty, and Wolfe's getting dead tired of murder.

About The Author

Rex Stout (1886–1975) wrote dozens of short stories, novellas, and full-length mystery novels, most featuring his two indelible characters, the peerless detective Nero Wolfe and his handy sidekick, Archie Goodwin.Michael Prichard has played several thousand characters during his career. While he has been seen performing over a hundred of them in theater and film, SmartMoney magazine named him one of the Top Ten Golden Voices.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill

Wheeler-dealer millionaire Otis Jarrell thinks his daughter-in-law Susan is a "snake." Not only is she unfaithful to his son, Otis believes, but she is also leaking valuable evidence to his business competitors. Archie Goodwin poses as Jarrell's private secretary says he may observe the family dynam......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth (Alaska)

Otis Jarrell comes into Wolfe's office, slaps down $10,000 in cold hard cash, and calls "her" a snake. Prove it, get her out of his house, and if there is a divorce between the snake and his son, there is another fifty grand. Wolfe wants no part of it, but he and Archie have had a small spat and Arc......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

Another great Stout. As usual Wolfe is hired to find out if a man's daughter-in-law is trying to cheat him in business. He fires his secretary and has Archie Goodwin take his place so he can live in the house with the family and snoop around. Meanwhile the original secretary is found dead. While Arc......more