Too Many Cooks
by Rex Stout
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimecomedyfresh & originalintricatelinearglossysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connections
Boxlist takeA smart mystery, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.0 / 5
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About This Book
Nero Wolfe leaves his Manhattan brownstone to travel to the resort of Kanawha Spa, in order to give a speech to a group of famous chefs (and not coincidentally, to eat each man's specialties, prepared for an annual dinner). When one of their number is killed, Wolfe and Archie have to wade through a tangled web of lies and clues, both criminal and gustatory.
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- Author
- Rex Stout
- Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 208
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- Open Library
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