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Description edit
Trio for Blunt Instruments is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, first published in 1964 by the Viking Press in the United States and simultaneously by MacMillan & Company in Canada. The book comprises three stories:
* "Kill Now — Pay Later," serialized in... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nero Wolfe: The Main Protagonist of the series. He is lazy, stubborn, pig-head, and brilliant. What he lacks in social skills, he makes up for in surreal deductive powers. A man of routines and habits and find tastes, he is one who almost never varies far from home, but instead, enjoys the quiet comfort of his scheduled meals, trips to his orchid greenhouse, and his afternoon beers and reading.
- Dennis Ashby: Add a description of this character.
- Inspector Cramer
- Archie Goodwin: Wolfe's assistant, and the narrator of all Wolfe stories. The Legs of the Detective Duo. He makes up for what Nero Wolfe lacks- a sense of humor and quick with the wit. The ability to track down a lead and follow it to the conclusion. A combination secretary, assistant, and first class detective.
- James Neville Vance
- Martin Kirk
- Fritz
- Max Maslow
- Peter Jay
- Saul
- Kenneth Faber
- Stebbins
- Miss Mcleod
- Rita
- Mr. Mercer
- Parker
- Peter Vassos
- Carl Heydt
- Mr. Horan
- Mr. Busch
- Fred
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First Sentence edit
That Monday morning Pete didn't give me his usual polite grin, contrasting the white gleam of his teeth with the maple-syrup shade of the skin of his square leathery face.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 11 of 13 in Nero Wolfe Short Story Collections. (standard series)
Preceded by Homicide Trinity, and followed by CORSAGE, A BOUQUET OF REX STOUT AND NERO WOLFE -- Contains first book publication of BITTER END, a Nero Wolfe novel..
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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