An Officer and a Lady: And Other Stories (Stout, Rex)

An Officer and a Lady: And Other Stories (Stout, Rex)

A collection of early stories from the man who created Nero Wolfe
Bill Farden is an experienced burglar. He gains entry to the house without effort, and his ears tell him the inhabitants are asleep. He pockets the silver and moves to the kitchen, to fill his stomach with strawberry shortcake. When the cook tiptoes downstairs, Bill disables her with chloroform. Upstairs, he ties the man of the house to his bedframe. In the next room he finds a little girl, and is touched by her helplessness until she pulls a gun on him. The nine-year-old is Major Wentworth, of the Girlsâ€™ Military Auxiliary, and the revolver is as long as her arm.
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In these early stories, a young Rex Stout showed the talent for comic action that would make the Nero Wolfe novels enduring classics. In Stoutâ€™s world, there is no thug more dangerous than a determined little girl.
Country USA
Manufacturer MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-05-22
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-05-22
Format	Kindle eBook

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