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Wow... What a book to end the series on... and his career! Wow...
— Oct 07, 2026 01:08PM
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Kind of surreal to be reading the last book Rex Stout wrote before he died so soon after Dad died... when Dad is the one who introduced me to Nero Wolfe mysteries back in the day by letting me listen to the audiobooks along with him... 💜
— Oct 06, 2026 12:56PM
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“… Were they? Sent by you?”
“Yes,” Wolfe said.
“You admit it?”
Wolfe wiggled a finger. That was regression—I just looked it up. He had quit finger-wiggling a couple of years back. “Don’t do that,” he said. “Calling a statement an admission is one of the oldest and scrubbiest lawyers’ tricks, and you’re not a lawyer. I state it.”
— Oct 05, 2026 11:32AM
“Yes,” Wolfe said.
“You admit it?”
Wolfe wiggled a finger. That was regression—I just looked it up. He had quit finger-wiggling a couple of years back. “Don’t do that,” he said. “Calling a statement an admission is one of the oldest and scrubbiest lawyers’ tricks, and you’re not a lawyer. I state it.”
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"He answers nearly all real letters, especially handwritten ones, because, he once told me, it is a mandate of civility."
— Oct 03, 2026 09:36AM
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"But first I want to confess. I'm here under false pretenses. I came because I need help."
She nodded. "Certainly. I knew that when you said the top of the afternoon to me. You only remind me that I'm Irish when you want something."
— Oct 01, 2026 01:41PM
She nodded. "Certainly. I knew that when you said the top of the afternoon to me. You only remind me that I'm Irish when you want something."
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🤣🤣🤣This has already made me giggle many times 😆🤭
— Sep 30, 2026 08:54PM
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"Tradition should be respected but not sanctified."
— Sep 30, 2026 06:37AM
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I've never read anything by Rex Stout... If I were to read one at some point, do you have a recommendation?
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Lindy wrote: "I've never read anything by Rex Stout... If I were to read one at some point, do you have a recommendation?"This is an interesting question because: almost all of his work is one series, the Nero Wolfe mysteries, which largely feature the same main cast of characters in the same main setting, and it's hard for me to know how different installments would hit if you weren't already good friends with the characters and know all about their dynamics, etc. THAT SAID, I absolutely DO NOT recommend starting at the beginning of the series. He took a few books to really find his footing.
I would say In the Best Families is a good one to start with? It's one of my two top favorites, and I think it does a great job displaying the characters. I could see these books not being your type of thing, but I think starting with that one would be good for giving them a fighting chance 😆🙃
Thanks! Looks like the audiobook is on Spotify so I'll give it a try one of these days.