Searching for Gold(sborough)

I have written here about the new mystery featuring Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, written by Robert Goldsborough, called "Murder in the Ball Park," which will be published officially next week.

Over at The Rap Sheet blog, Jeff Pierce has published an interview which he conducted via email with Goldsborough, talking about the new book and also about some of Goldsborough's books which are not continuations of the Nero Wolfe series, featuring a Chicago police reporter named Snap Malek. It's an interesting interview, and I think you'll enjoy reading it. Among other points, Goldsborough says that his favorite among the original Nero Wolfe books is The League of Frightened Men, a book which is also among my favorites - I think it's one of the best of the very early books in the series.

By the way, The Rap Sheet ought to be on your regular checklist for staying up with news from the broader world of mystery fiction. 

Comments

[Margot Kinberg]

Thanks, Les, for pointing us to that interview. I may have my issues about Goldsborough's writing the Rex Stout characters, but you can't argue with his taste. :-)

[Les Blatt]

I agree with most of his picks, Margot. I must say that his other books - the ones with his own series detective - sound intriguing. I may have to run one of them down for my TBR pile.