Under the Andes

Name: Under the Andes
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Rex Stout
ISBN: 9781455128181

Author: Rex Stout

Narrator: Harold N. Cropp

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 02/28/2012

Categories: Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

Under the Andes is an intriguing precursor to Rex Stouts scores of marvelous Nero Wolfe mysteries. Desiree Le Mire ran into the cave, anxious to explore, tempted by the legends of Inca gold. Harry Lamar and his brother Paul had no choice but to follow. After all, they could not let the beautiful dancer enter the black depths alone. Others lived there, however, protecting the gold of their ancestors, others now misshapen after generations of living underground. That was why no one who entered the cave ever emerged into daylight. But no one who had entered was as beautiful as Desireeor as determined as the Lamars.

About Rex Stout

Rex Stout (1886–1975), inimitable master of detective fiction, wrote seventy-three mysteries and numerous novels and short stories. He is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Nero Wolfe. He was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and received the Crime Writers Association’s Silver Dagger Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on June 30, 2024

Before he hit gold with Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout wrote for popular but cheap pulp magazines beginning in the 1910's , scratching a living in that lowly work which high-brow critics said loudly, lacked literary merit. The pompous ones rather missed the obvious some were quite good better than the stiff......more

Goodreads review by Sandy on September 23, 2019

Because author Rex Stout is so closely associated with his most famous fictional character, housebound detective extraordinaire Nero Wolfe, fans may find it hard to believe that the Indiana-born writer ever wrote anything else. And that, I suppose, is understandable, seeing that between 1934 and 197......more

Goodreads review by hotsake on May 24, 2024

Rex Stout tries his hand at Egar Rice Burroughs with mixed results. The pacing was uneven and the second half got very repetitive. 2.75/5......more

Goodreads review by MB on August 09, 2016

An interesting book; not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting something along the lines of an Edgar Rice Burroughs story, but (and I'm not sure why exactly) this reminded me more of H. Rider Haggard. The story starts off a little slowly, giving us ample time to get to know the characters. We......more

Goodreads review by Dave on February 05, 2018

Early Rex Stout taking on a lost world tale popular at the time, You can see Nero Wolfe in Paul and Archie in Harry. Desiree is on Cramer. Mildly amusing with a dump truck load of Deex ex machina 2.5 stars.......more