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Fer-de-lance ; &, The league of frightened men / Rex Stout ; introductions by Loren D. Estleman and Robert Goldsborough.

by Stout, Rex, 1886-1975.

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Bantam Books, 2008.

Private investigators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Stout, Rex, 1886-1975. Nero Wolfe novels.

9780553385458 (trade pbk.)

Alternate title:

League of frightened men

x, 285 p. ; viii, 302 p. ; 21 cm.

"Nero Wolfe mysteries"--Cover.

"Two mysteries in one volume"--Cover.

"Fer-de-lance" c1934 ; "The league of frightened men" c1935.

Fer-de-lance -- The league of frightened men.

Fer-de-lance -- The fer-de-lance is among the most deadly snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, his partner, Archie Goodwin, suspects it means Wolfe is getting close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. But this is a case with more twists than an angry rattler...and if Wolfe doesn't handle it with extreme care, he'll be the next one struck by a killer with poison in his heart.

The league of frightened men -- Paul Chapin's Harvard cronies never forgave themselves for the hazing prank that left their friend a cripple. Yet they believed that Paul himself had forgiven them - until a class reunion ends in death and a series of poems promising more of the same. Now this league of frightened men is desperate for Nero Wolfe's help. But can even the great detective outwit a killer smart enough to commit an unseen murder... in plain sight?

Historical mystery fiction.

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