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The Mother Hunt (Rex Stout Library)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Crimeline (1993-04-01)
ISBN: 0553247379
EAN: 9780553247374
Dewey Decimal #: 813
Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
Release Date: 1993-04-01
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A beautiful socialite widow comes to Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin to ask them to investigate why a baby has been abandoned on her doorstep, in a case that all too quickly leads to murder. Reissue.
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Customer Reviews
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Excellent later Wolfe
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-07-26
I'm always a little leery of later Wolfes. For me, Archie, Nero, and the gang live in a film noir world of New York in the 1930s and 1940s. The radio yes, TV no. Plus, as with any series, after a while the author can get a bit stale. But having read all the books originally published before 1960, I finally ventured into uncharted territory with this one. And, rather to my surprise, I liked it quite a lot. The story is good and the solution is satisfying. Archie is at his best and, although by 1963 he would have been pretty long in the tooth, he is still catnip to women. Wolfe is irascible and truculent, but not over the top, the way he is in a few of the books. So, while I wouldn't put this at the top of my list of favorite Wolfe mysteries (Some Buried Caesar and the Golden Spiders, among others, would rank higher) I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to new or veteran readers of the series.
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Happy Amazon book shopper
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-03-26
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I did a search of the Nero Wolfe series on the Amazon site and was delighted with the effectiveness of the search, the prices of the books, and the speed of shipment. Thanks to Amazon, I have all the Nero Wolfe series! I'm writing this review to promote Amazon, not Rex Stout. Anyone ordering his books is probably well aquainted with his work.
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best of the mystery writers
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-03-02
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Rex Stout is the best of the old school of mystery writers, and his Nero Wolfe stories are priceless. The story lines are good, characterizations are wonderful, and the banter between Wolfe and his assistant and narrator are greatly entertaining. I have read, and re-read, all of the Nero Wolfe mysteries, and is these qualities that keep me coming back.
If you want darkness and violence, then these aren't for you, but the story lines are good, characters are likeable, and the wit in his writing, and the banter between Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (his assistant and story narrator) make the stories a pleasure to read.
This is one of my favorites, along with Prisoner's Base, The Father Hunt, Too Many Women, The Golden Spiders, and The Rubber Band. Some are dated now, but that can be part of the charm. And all are clever and multifaceted, but it is the characters that make these stories great.
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Satisfactory, Archie.
Rating (4)
Date: 2006-05-14
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I love Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novels. I've read more than a dozen of them now, and I relish the interplay between eccentric detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin. The Mother Hunt was no exception. While this one was a little thin on plot - Nero and Archie are "blocked" for most of the book and make no headway on the mystery until the last quarter of the novel - it has great characterization in spades. Perhaps my favorite part: more insight into the enigma that is Saul Panzer, the ace operative Nero Wolfe calls first when they need an extra pair of eyes and legs. Saul's great; he could easily be Nero's right hand man, if only he weren't so much like him!
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One of the Best...
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-09-07
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This story makes best use of Archie's abilities with women. In this case, two women - the client and a key informant - help solve an unusual case.
A baby is left at a widow's doorstep. A note is attached with a straight pin: "A Boy Should Live In His Father's House." Since the widow was painfully aware of her late husband's philandering, she accepts the responsiblity...
But she also wants to know who the mother is. Not to exact revenge, but really to make sure that the baby's mom is OK.
This story has a strong plot line, but it is Stout on mental health that makes it memorable. So much of this, almost unconsciously, is about forgiveness, moving on with life, and the power of selfless love for another person.
Murder mysteries don't often afford much of a platform for this type of discourse. Here, you'll learn something valuable about life, in addition to seeing a tough case solved...
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