The Silent Speaker

Spine a bit slanted, slightly creased, reading crease, binding glue still good. Minor edge wear and rubbing, a little chipping at base and top of spine. Pages tanned, text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ;
Bantam A-1797, 35 cents cover price. This is listed as the New Bantam edition, July 1958. It is the second paperback printing of this novel. ; Nero Wolfe; 6" - 7" Tall; 167 pages; "When is an after-dinner speaker never boring When he is murdered before he gets a chance to speak. Cheney Boone from the Bureau of Price Regulation is murdered before addressing the National Industrial Association. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin unravel the tangled hatreds among those who enforce government regulations, free enterprise advocates, and greedy civil servants to ferret out the killer. "
"Balancing on the edge of financial ruin, the orchid-loving detective grudgingly accepts the case. Soon a second victim is found bludgeoned to death, a missing stenographer's tape causes an uproar, and the dead man speaks, after a fashion. While the business world clamors for a solution, Nero Wolfe patiently lays a trap that will net him a killer worth his weight in gold. "

Product Info

Publisher: Bantam Books

Year: 1958

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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