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Please Pass the Guilt
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Series: Nero Wolfe, Book 45
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
A brilliant Rex Stout murder mystery featuring Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin
A bomb explodes in the desk drawer of a top TV executive. Was it intended for him or the man who opened the drawer? They each had enemies enough to die a dozen times over. Was it the jealous wife or the ambitious partner? The secretary who got passed around like an inter-office memo? Or the man who couldn’t wash the blood off his hands?
Nero Wolfe didn’t want any part of it - but he was up to his neck in the toughest case of his career!
“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.” (The New York Times Book Review)
Critic Reviews
"Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe make a combination that is hard to beat." (The New York Times)
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- Marily
- 12-15-16
Nero was stumped!
I always enjoy a Nero Wolf story. This time everyone kept coming up clueless. I don't ever remember seeing such a time when there was nothing, our great detectives, his men, the police, all dispondent. Then a lie was told, it opened the stale thinking up and let the light in. What a change in Nero's persona. The reader has the tone and voices down perfectly. Archie and Nero especially, just come to life!
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- Rebekah52
- 08-07-12
Classic Nero Wolfe
Would you consider the audio edition of Please Pass the Guilt to be better than the print version?
I always listen to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novels instead of reading them with my eyes. I just enjoy the experience of listening and Michael Prichard does all the voices perfectly. I can see each character clearly in my mind. My plan is to eventually listen to the whole series.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I adore Archie. He's smart and handsome and is perfect for keeping neurotic Nero Wolfe honest.
Which scene was your favorite?
There's a great scene where Archie is interviewing the victim's wife but she's engrossed in the middle of a baseball game on tv. The questions and answers come in between plays and you feel like you are sitting there watching the game with them.
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- CB
- 07-19-16
I didn't care for this Nero Wolfe at all.
Would you try another book from Rex Stout and/or Michael Prichard?
I usually love Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin!
Has Please Pass the Guilt turned you off from other books in this genre?
No, but this is a departure from the usual Wolfe.
Which character – as performed by Michael Prichard – was your favorite?
Archie Goodwin
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappoinment
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- Carolynne Sandbakken
- 03-03-21
Love
love how M.P. narrates! Great story as they usually are, just wish the ending went further! It's always hard to end a good book, but the ending was more blunt than I'm used to.
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- Cleo lane
- 11-01-20
my least favorite Wolfe novel
this is just too long and convoluted. too much time is spent discussing and confronting. it is boring!
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Light mystery with substance
An enjoyable listen to a masters craft as Rex Stout weaves enjoyable characters, dialouge & plot.
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- Catherine Brooks
- 10-14-17
great dialogue!
loved it. at times I laughed and other times I rewound it so I could hear again because the plot was so intricate. a real page-turner inaudible parlance
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- Sandy
- 05-11-17
Decent Nero
Well done Nero. This is for fans of Nero Wolf who like variations on a theme, a very good theme. Listeners like us. We would read (listen to) all of them if we could find them on Audible. This one has an exceptionally satisfying ending