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becoming accustomed...
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Fade to Black
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Wolfe investigates a sticky matter of Cola Wars espionage. For the men of Madison Avenue, the battle between soft drink giants Cherr-o-key and AmeriCherry seems heaven-sent. For years now, the firm of Mills/Lake/Ryman has fought to help Cherr-o-key become the nation’s favorite fizzy cherry soda, but each time they come up with a new slogan, mascot, or jingle, AmeriCherry has beaten them to it. There is a mole inside the agency, and only Nero Wolfe can ferret him out. Although he is as round as a cherry, Wolfe has no taste for soft drinks. But the question of industrial espionage is too sweet for him to resist, and so with assistant Archie Goodwin at his side, he sets out to end this vicious corporate feud. Only when the first adman dies, however, does he realize that a marketing war can be just as dangerous as the real thing.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Rex Stout was a genius
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The Bloodied Ivy
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A conservative academic, so far to the right that he thought Ronald Reagan was a pinko, Hale Markham rules Prescott University like an intellectual tyrant - right up until the morning he is found dead at the bottom of one of Prescott’s famously beautiful ravines. Every liberal on campus hated the crotchety old crank, but which one is responsible for giving Markham his final push to the right?
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3 out of 5 stars
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When Lily Rowan doesn’t laugh at his jokes, Archie Goodwin knows something is wrong. Her niece Noreen has been running around with Sparky Linville, a club-hopping bad boy who is the terror of Manhattan nightlife. And the last time she went out with him, Noreen wasn’t herself when she came home. All she would tell her aunt was that she had been assaulted. Springing into action, Goodwin waits for Linville outside of Morgana’s, a chrome-and-glass palace that sits like a wart on Second Avenue. They nearly come to blows, but Linville’s bodyguard intervenes, and Goodwin retreats to plan his next move. In the morning Linville is dead, and Goodwin is the chief suspect.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste your time
- By CB on 10-17-17
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Murder in E Minor
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 190
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It wasn’t Nero Wolfe’s idea for Orrie Cather to kill himself, but the great detective gave his blessing to his longtime associate’s plan. Cather had killed three people, and it was only fair to pay the price. Though Wolfe reacted to Cather’s death with his characteristic calmness, prize assistant Archie Goodwin could see the rotund genius of West 35th Street was shaken to his well-fed core. Wolfe decided his sleuthing days were finished. The detective’s retirement lasts until the day Maria Radovich walks through his door.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just love Nero
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Fer-de-Lance
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 390
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 275
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When someone makes a present of a fer-de-lance - the dreaded snake - to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's close to solving two apparently unrelated murders. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case more deadly than a cobra and whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer with poison in his heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but pops and drops annoying
- By Michael on 09-01-12
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Death Times Three
- By: Rex Stout
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- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 250
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 196
Murder strikes thrice in these three baffling mysteries of crime and detection. First, Stout's great detective, Nero Wolfe, develops an appetite for the sweet taste of revenge when someone slips something most foul into his lunch. Then a couturier's beautiful sister uses Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's man about town, as her ready-made alibi. Finally, Wolfe has a run-in with the law after a mysterious old woman leaves a package at his brownstone that pits him against a cunning criminal and the U.S. government.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Three Stories All Good, but Two were Repeats
- By Michael on 07-14-14
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A Right to Die
- By: Rex Stout
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 184
When a beautiful Caucasian heiress turns up dead, all clues point to her African-American fiancé, who goes straight to Nero Wolfe for help. The case appears black and white, but it's not open and shut, because Wolfe soon uncovers a new motive for the murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story and performance
- By Juergen Amling on 04-07-16
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Plot It Yourself
- By: Rex Stout
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 217
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 215
It's bad enough to steal someone's idea; but it takes real guts to claim it as your own, then sue the originator. But that's just what a gang of hack writers are doing, ingeniously planting evidence to back up their claims. The frustrated authors call on Nero Wolfe for help.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still one of the elite private detectives
- By Irwin on 03-29-08
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Please Pass the Guilt
- By: Rex Stout
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 251
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 207
A Mets fan with a phony name and a millionaire client arrives just in time to provide a case that will allow Nero Wolfe to pay the rent. The bizarre visitors are in a frenzy about a death-trap explosion in the discreet whiskey drawer of a top TV executive. To crack this case of bombs and bourbon, the indolent genius and his energetic assistant must pick their way though corporate chicanery, vile ambition - and a healthy swig of murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nero was stumped!
- By Marily on 12-15-16
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And Four to Go
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 210
Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin star in these four gems. In "The Christmas Party", Wolfe condescends to uncharacteristic theatrics, which aren't enough to clear him from suspicion of murder. The "Easter Parade" tempts Wolfe to commit larceny for an orchid. "A Fourth of July Picnic" has Wolfe scheduled for to appear as an orator. But his day in the sun is rained out by murder. The last selection, "Murder Is No Joke", is a whodunit in a couturier's salon, where a murderer is dressed to kill and kill again.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Two of the Best Wolfe Shorts and Two Ok
- By Michael on 06-22-14
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If Death Ever Slept
- By: Rex Stout
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 231
With Nero Wolfe on the job, you'd think murderers would take caution. But even the master detective can't stop a killing, especially if it's an inside job, right under the roof of his client, millionaire Otis Jarrell. What's more, it's Jarrell's own missing revolver that the killer uses. Wolfe must find the truth behind the scandals in Jarrell's ill-behaved family. One of its members sleeps the fitful sleep of the guilty, and Wolfe's getting dead-tired of murder.
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5 out of 5 stars
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loved it!
- By Alli on 04-29-15
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A Family Affair
- By: Rex Stout
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 208
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 205
Nero Wolfe's last recorded case! Wolfe never works without a well-heeled client and a sizable fee, but when a bomb racks his brownstone, killing his favorite waiter from his favorite restaurant, the world's greatest gourmet takes it as a personal affront. What kind of unsavory killer commits murder within 10 feet of a legendary detective? It's a question Wolfe will go to heroic lengths to answer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Last and One of the Best Nero Wolfe Novels
- By Michael on 05-24-14
Publisher's Summary
There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a favor, Wolfe is inclined to listen.
According to Cohen, someone wants to kill the Gazette's gossip columnist, Cameron Clay. Death threats are a regular hazard for Clay, who's hurled insults and accusations at every bold-faced name in the five boroughs. But the latest threats have carried a more sinister tone. The columnist has narrowed his potential killers down to five people.
When Clay turns up dead, the cops deem it a suicide. The bigwigs at the Gazette don't agree, so they retain Wolfe to figure out which of the suspects had the mettle to pull the trigger.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- Bill
- 01-18-17
Decent story, read by Baron Harkonnen on a bad day
What would have made Stop the Presses! better?
Another narrator. Literally any other narrator. Yes I know what literally means.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Not sure, though I tend to like all Nero Wolfe novels, Stout and Goldsborough.
How could the performance have been better?
I don't know where to start. I stopped the playback in less than 10 minutes. The faux British Archie is simply terrible. It sounds as though the narrator may be British but trying out a semi-north American accent without ever having heard us speak? Just terrible. His Lon Cohen was lousy and his Nero Wolfe was depressingly sad.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Primarily disappointment. While Mr. Ganser wasn't quite up to the standard of Michael Pritchard as Archie (just my opinion of course), I felt he was very capable and after I began Silver Spire I found his narration style to be entertaining, if noticeably different from the "traditional" Archie of Pritchard. This narrator is a step down in every way. I won't say he's the worst narrator ever, or something silly like that. I can think of another audiobook with an objectively worse narrator for sale on this site. I do feel he is utterly and completely wrong for this book. Just... I cannot finish the first chapter.
8 of 8 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 12-07-16
Narrator so Distracting I Couldn't Finish
I love Rex Stout and enjoy this author also. I will finish this book in the printed version so I will be able to give the story proper attention. This narrator clearly has no familiarity with Nero, Archie, Lon, or any of the other beloved characters. Do yourself a favor and listen to the sample first to determine if you'll be able to immerse yourself in this performance.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Melanie L
- 11-21-16
Plot is ok, narrator is terrible
I fully concur with the other reviewers. The plot is ok, but the narrator at times affects a variety of accents (Southern US, Midlands English, vaguely Dublin Irish, Transatlantic) while delivering every sentence with an unwarranted short-of-breath theatricality. It is very distracting and only a determined listener will soldier through until the end.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Tomw
- 01-15-17
Arrrghhhh!
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
LJ Ganser or Michael Pritchard reading.
What did you like best about this story?
It was Nero Wolfe.
Would you be willing to try another one of Peter Berkrot’s performances?
Not particularly.
What character would you cut from Stop the Presses!?
None.
Any additional comments?
Sometimes hard to tell who is talking. Archie often sounded like Lily Rowen.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 08-02-16
Good book, wrong reader
I like the way the author keeps to the spirit of Nero Wolfe and Archie and the rest of them. He is true to the spirit. Alas the book would have been more enjoyable with a different reader. I swear I heard an occasional Irish lilt in Archie's portrayal..and that's when he didn't sound like Albert Campion or Lord Peter. The reader is perfect for the British cozy. He should stick to that and the publisher should find a reader who can do Archie, Saul, Lon and the rest of the city dwellers in the voice Stout .. And now Goldsborough...meant them to have.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Voracious Reader RD
- 04-21-18
Read it if you wish, but don't listen!
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
I can't imagine who would enjoy this, or how this reader was hired, or who could have approved him. It clearly wasn't anyone who had listened to the original recordings by Mr. Prichard. Even the readings by Mr. Gancer, inferior as they were, weren't offensive, as these are.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I couldn't make it to the ending. After just a few chapters I gave up on the Audible version. The written version, as others have noted, is disappointing in comparison to prior books, but it was tolérable.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
His portrayals bore no resemblance to either how the characters were described in the books or how they were portrayed in the original audible series...nor even in the high-quality tv series with Timothy Hutton and Maury Chaykin. I won't buy another Audible book read by him.
What character would you cut from Stop the Presses!?
Aside from the reader, none were both objectionable and disposable
Any additional comments?
Please replace the narrator in future books. I'll be skipping the next two, which are already out, and hope they will go back to one of the prior two narrators or someone else for the books coming after The Battered Badge.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Judith
- 08-01-16
Worst narrator ever !!!!!!!
The author created a quite acceptable plot. Overall, it is worth the read. I am not, however, sure it is worth the lisyen
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Crysmys
- MA, USA
- 07-25-17
No No No!
This is NOT the voice of Archie Goodwin. Archie is Ohio-born and with years of New York City under his belt.. if this book were from Nero' s point of view the narration would have been fine. As it was, midway through I had to stop listening.. the voice just ruined it.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Judy
- Knife River, MN, United States
- 08-01-16
Unfortunate narrator
Would you consider the audio edition of Stop the Presses! to be better than the print version?
No
What other book might you compare Stop the Presses! to and why?
Rex Stout books narrated by Michael Prichard are much better.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
His interpretation of the characters and their 'voices' just didn't ring true to the characters. Michael Prichard does a much better job. This narrator works way to hard at acting the book and distracts from the story. He actually makes the characters seem silly.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Dr. Margaret Wright
- 08-13-16
Wrong reader
What did you love best about Stop the Presses!?
The book is another in the Rex Stout tradition that feels true to the form
What other book might you compare Stop the Presses! to and why?
Others by Robert Goldsborough
How could the performance have been better?
The reader does not appear to be at all familiar with the Rex Stout tradition. The reading is all wrong
Any additional comments?
Michael Pritchard best. LJ Ganzer very good. This narrator completely off on the voices, characters and tone.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful