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      Before Midnight

      by Rex Stout
      Published
      Jan 1955
      Main Genre
      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      224
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      A Nero Wolfe Mystery Book 25

      About This Book

      The scent of murder is in the air at the great Pour Amour perfume contest, and the incomparable Nero Wolfe is intent on sniffing out the killer. The foul deed is committed during the contest's final round. Only five riddles separate the contestants from the million-dollar cash prize when someone finds the sweet smell of success too intoxicating to leave to chance. Now the contest creator is dead and the answers stolen from his wallet, and it's up to Wolfe to follow the trail of clues to a source disturbingly close to home.

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      Book 25
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      Suspense

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      Private Investigator

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      Jan 1976 Bantam ISBN13 9780553028317 ISBN10 0553028316
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      Aug 1981 Bantam ISBN13 9780553147971 ISBN10 0553147978
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      Oct 1993 Crimeline (Bantam) ISBN13 9780553252910 ISBN10 0553252917
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      Nov 1993 Bantam ISBN13 9780685659250 ISBN10 0685659259
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      Nov 1995 Bantam ISBN13 9780553763041 ISBN10 0553763040
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      Jan 1955 Viking ISBN13 9780670155255 ISBN10 067015525X
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      May 2010 Random House ISBN13 9780307755711 ISBN10 0307755711
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      May 2010 Bantam ISBN10 B003L1ZWQW
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      Sep 2004 BBC Audiobooks ISBN13 9781572704114 ISBN10 157270411X
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      Aug 1994 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780816159857 ISBN10 0816159858
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