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Black Orchids

Author(s): Rex Stout

Location(s): Brooklyn

Genre(s): Crime

Era(s): 1941

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Brooklyn. 1941. Two stories before Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into WWII. Private detective, Nero Wolfe, with the aid of his assistant, Archie Goodwin, investigates a killing at a flower show and a series of poison-pen letters that result in murder.

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Excellent feel for Brooklyn of the 1940s

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