New Releases by Robert Goldsborough

When a loudmouthed, arrogant author is silenced, the reclusive master detective Nero Wolfe looks for the killer: “A very clever mystery . . . A masterly job” (Booklist). The gun was fired close to Charles Childress’s head, and his were the only fingerprints on it, forcing the police to conclude that the author committed suicide. But his friends know this is impossible, because Childress loved himself far too much. He had just begun attracting fame, writing new mysteries starring the iconic Sergeant Barnstable, and he had bright hopes for the future. His publisher hires corpulent genius Nero Wolfe to determine who cut Childress’s career short, and the detective finds no dearth of suspects. Among the many who may have wanted the wordsmith whacked are his agent, his editor, a corrupt book reviewer, and an enraged legion of Barnstable devotees. With the help of his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin, Wolfe takes a look at those closest to the arrogant, argumentative author, hoping to decide which of Childress’s associates merely hated him, and which would have been willing to kill.

Le philharmonique de New York est devenu silencieux. Son chef d''orchestre a été assassiné froidement par un de ses proches. Et pourtant, les regrets sont loin d''être éternels... Peu appréciaient le caractère despotique de cet homme, peu soucieux de froisser la susceptibilité de ses collaborateurs. Malheureusement pour le meurtrier, la victime était une connaissance de Nero Wolfe, le plus grand détective de New York. Qui plus est, Wolfe lui devait la vie. Maintenant que la mort les a séparés, " l''homme aux orchidées " ne peut faire moins que de confondre le coupable. Et le lecteur de découvrir que la haine et la rancœur, même au sein d''un prestigieux philharmonique, peuvent donner naissance à des pulsions inavouables. Peuvent pousser quelqu''un au meurtre. Et s''il ne le savait pas encore, " L''homme aux orchidées " découvrira que le passé ne meurt jamais, et que la vengeance se moque bien des rides.

Crain''s arrival in Chicago in 1916 with, "only a few thousand dollars in capital and a great deal of optimism," this book chronicles Crain''s first successes in trade magazine publishing, building up to the birth of what was to become the Company''s flagship publication, Advertising Age. From the launch of Ad Age at the onset of the Depression, through the stormy years of World War II, and into the postwar economic boom, this book shows how, buoyed by G. D. Crain''s boundless enthusiasm and sound business acumen, the magazine survived and prospered to become the international newspaper of marketing.

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