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" This novel is another entry in the Nero Wolfe detective series.
As the story opens, Nero Wolfe is on his way to a Master Chefs event. The event, known as Les Quinze Maîtres (Fifteen Master Chefs), is an event that Wolfe wants to attend in hopes of obtaining a recipe for a complex dish.
One of the master chefs is murdered. Wolfe agrees to investigate for several reasons. First, as a tribute to his friends. Second, to get the secret recipe to saucisse minuit.Third to avoid being detained in West Virginia.
Key events in the murder are observed by hotel staff, which is to say African American (black) men. Various West Virginia characters in the novel have considerably less favorable epithets for them. The Sheriff questions them and learns nothing, since he treats them with contempt.
Wolfe questions the same staff members and is much nicer to them. He is able to obtain information from them that aids him in his quest for the murderer.
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yosef shapiro, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Tone of story
- suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
- 1930's-1950's
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- food/cooking
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Genius (really!)
Physique
- quite fatty
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
How many deaths?
- 1
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