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  • The Doorbell Rang

  • Written by: Rex Stout
  • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
  • Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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The Doorbell Rang

Written by: Rex Stout
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
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Publisher's Summary

There’s no one and nothing the great detective Nero Wolfe wouldn’t take on if the price was right. That’s something wealthy society widow Rachel Bruner is counting on when she writes him a check for a whopping hundred grand. But even Wolfe has a moment’s doubt when he finds out why the prize is so generous. For the oversize genius and his able assistant Archie Goodwin are about to lock horns with the FBI - and those highly trained G-men have a way with threats, tails, and bugs that could give even sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe a run for his money.   

Introduction by Stuart Kaminsky  

“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.” (The New York Times Book Review)

A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained - and puzzled - millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

©1993 Rex Stout (P)1999 Books on Tape Inc.

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I first heard Saul Rubinek's version, just as good

It would be great to hear Saul Rubinek's reading again, and compare the two. BOTH versions are excellent!

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