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Archie Goes Home (The Nero Wolfe Mysteries Book 15) by [Robert Goldsborough]

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Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker.

Archie Goodwin’s aunt Edna is about to lure him away from his work at Nero Wolfe’s New York brownstone. After a phone call, he heads off to Ohio, where the president of Farmer’s State Bank and Trust, an elderly widower, has died in an apparent suicide. But Archie’s aunt has expressed nagging suspicions—which only grow stronger when someone takes a shot at a local reporter who wrote about the case.

It wouldn’t be a small town without some gossip, and Archie soon hears the whispers: romantic intrigues, a possible paternity case, a ruined business. While reconnecting with his aging mother—and fending off his nagging aunt—Archie tries to untangle a web of grudges, scandals, and murder.

From Nero Award winner Robert Goldsborough, this is a brand-new novel in the series created by Rex Stout, starring one of the world’s most beloved detectives and his equally engaging sidekick.

Archie Goes Home is the 15th book in the Nero Wolfe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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“First-rate . . . This clever pastiche will enthrall Stout fans.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

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“Mr. Goldsborough has all of the late writer’s stylistic mannerisms down pat.” —The New York Times

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Robert Goldsborough is an American author best known for continuing Rex Stout’s famous Nero Wolfe series. Born in Chicago, he attended Northwestern University and upon graduation went to work for the Associated Press, beginning a lifelong career in journalism that would include long periods at the Chicago Tribune and Advertising Age. While at the Tribune, Goldsborough began writing mysteries in the voice of Rex Stout, the creator of iconic sleuths Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. Goldsborough’s first novel starring Wolfe, Murder in E Minor (1986), was met with acclaim from both critics and devoted fans, winning a Nero Award from the Wolfe Pack. Archie Goes Home is the fifteenth book in the series.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (May 19, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 19, 2020
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Robert Goldsborough (b. 1937) is an American author best known for continuing Rex Stout’s famous Nero Wolfe series. Born in Chicago, he attended Northwestern University, and upon graduation went to work for the Associated Press, beginning a lifelong career in journalism that would include long periods at the Chicago Tribune and Advertising Age. Goldsborough’s first novel starring Wolfe, Murder in E Minor (1986), was met with acclaim from both critics and devoted fans, winning a Nero Award from the Wolfe Pack. Six more Nero Wolfe novels followed, including most recently, Archie Goodwin Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries (2012).

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Ron Fortier

FUN BACK STORY

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 17, 2022

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Wonderful tale giving readers a peek at Archie's history before he hooked up with Wolfe.

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Cary B

very slow moving, and repetitious

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 24, 2020

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Goldsborough's Nero Wolfe books continue to go farther and farther from Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books in style and plot.

In this one, Archie goes home. His Aunt nags him into coming home to solve the murder of the local bank president, which has been ruled a suicide by the local police. Apparently one of the local newspaper reporters has been digging up people who had grudges against the president, and gossip trumps facts any day.

The Aunt tells Archie who the likely suspects are, and why. Archie then goes to the reporter, who tells him why she thinks the bank president was murdered, and who she thinks are the likely suspects, and why. (Same list, and same reasons as the Aunt.) Then Archie goes back to his mother, with whom he is staying, and tells her all about it. (By now, the reader has heard the same stories three times, if you are paying attention.)

Then Archie goes to interview the suspects, and learns the same things the reporter and his Aunt told him. (4th time the reader has heard all this now.)

In between all these conversations, there is lots of padding - descriptions of meals, descriptions of the town, etc.

Archie's mother told Wolfe he needed Wolfe's help to solve the crime, and so Wolfe had Saul Panzer drive him to Ohio to assist. But, this literally could have been phoned in.

After Archie reported- meaning he gave Wolfe word - for - word narration of his interviews - Wolfe told him to round up the suspects, he had the crime solved. Thankfully for us, we didn't have to hear it all a 5th time.

I suppose if I had to describe the difference between Stout's novels and Goldsborough's novels, at least the most recent batch, I would say this it is: In Stout's writing, Archie does things. In Goldsborough's novels, Archie listens to people talk.

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Sandi

i liked it better than anticipated

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 17, 2020

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Archie, as written lately has been a bit naggie and not very likeable so I was prepared to have the same thing happen in this one. Thankfully, it turned out to be an enjoyable read. Nero Wolf is a good guest, Saul is his usual great self and Archie does a good job being himself and a good son. My only question is why they all drove that far. They make it sound like a few hours, but when you look it up it is a long grueling car trip one way. They had planes back then. They did not mention stopping overnight so driving all the way in one day would not be that great. However, I did enjoy the book and my love for Archie is not completely shattered yet.

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Jerry Edwards

ONE OF MY FAVORITE NERO WOLFE BOOKS - OUSTANDING READ!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 21, 2020

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I wasn't that sure of this latest book by Robert Goldsborough ARCHIE GOES HOME when I first decided to order it. I felt that the book would miss the interplay between Archie and Nero ... thus not feeling like a REAL Nero Wolfe book. I WAS WRONG! Robert Goldsborough finds a way to involve Nero Wolfe in Archie's home town murder mystery; and I loved the extra exploration of Archie's relationship with his mother and his aunt. I have read and re-read all of Rex Stout's and Robert Goldsborough's Nero Wolfe books several times over the years. This latest book has jumped up the list to being one of my favorites of all those books. ANYONE with any interest in Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin should get A GREAT DEAL OF READING PLEASURE out of this latest book. I'm glad I bought this book ... DEFINITELY GOT FAR MORE THAN MY MONEY'S WORTH from this book!

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G.V.

good but not up to Rex Stout standards.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 2, 2021

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Good mystery except - If supposed to be a new Nero wolf mystery, it didn't fit well. Rex Stout's Archie would never and never be considered the idiot this Archie is and thinks he is. Rex Stout's cops aren't the idiots this police chief is. Victim was shot by .357 shot thru window was 32, Of course gun used on window wasn't murder weapon. Murder weapon was in evidence room or should of been. By way the act of suicide was never disproven. And auto mechanics of the time? $10 to tighten bold under the car? He could of driven back to NYC on that. This would of been better if not using the well established characters and a little better knowledge of period.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 28, 2022

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What a great return to the 1950's! Interesting mystery if maybe a little too simple in the ending of the book. I didn't mind because the storyline was so great.

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West Palm Tennis Bum

Hardly a Nero Wolfe Mystery

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 8, 2021

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I've read every Nero Wolfe story, both by Rex Stout and Goldsborough and this is by far the weakest of the lot. I've often held up Goldsborough as the most best writer ever to continue a series in the voice of the original author, but I can't picture Rex Stout ever writing this. It is totally lacking the charm of most of the series both by the change in location and the fact that Wolfe only appears at the end of the book to quickly solve the mystery. This is one of the few books where I guessed the solution so I put it down as a pretty weak effort. I hope Goldsborough gets his act together again soon, or passes the series off to someone else.

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Willie

A good story teller, but not Rex Stout

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 25, 2021

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An enjoyable read. Robert fails (in my humble opinion) to effectively capture Stout’s pithy portrayal of the two main characters; however he is an excellent writer and story teller; well worth reading.

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doc36

You can't go home again...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 21, 2020

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Goldsborough's follow-on books about Archie and Nero Wolfe have previously been well up to the standard of Rex Stout, in plotting, characterisation and faithful inclusion of the elements which make Stout's series so re-readable. I had high hopes of this volume. The problem for me arose when Archie went home to Mother: do any real-life sons and real-life Mothers really mention each other so frequently when they converse alone? The too-oft repeated: 'Archie' and 'Mom' in the dialogue read like a rather average proposal for a television drama. By then also the developing plot seemed little different in style and in quality from many run-of-the mill small-town mysteries. However, once Nero rode into town the book recovered to the previous high level of the author's earlier books in the series. I look forward to later ones returning to the familiar context of the New York brownstone.

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City57

One of his better ones

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 29, 2021

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An enjoyable peek into Archie's hometown. Wolfe does not figure for a large part &this helps immensely. Other characters are developed well and we see a different side of Archie. It also spares us the grating feeling when Goldsborough is trying to reproduce Wolfe's speech patterns. They're always slightly off-center(sic). One quibble. Archie deprecates his abilities but has already proven himself to be more than capable in "In the Best Families" (1950 while this is set in the 1950s). Enjoyable for fans. Not sure what someone coming to it cold would make of it.

Bücherfreund

Gut für Fans - sonst ein wenig dünn

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on June 28, 2020

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Man muss schätzen, dass Robert Goldsborough den hehren Versuch unternommen hat, in Nachfolge zu den Büchern des hochgeschätzten Autors Rex Stout die Romane um Nero Wolfe und Archie Goodwin nach den Tode des Autors wieder aufleben zu lassen.
Der Roman lehnt sich an an "Blutige Blaubeeren" (deutsch). Dort hatte aber die ungewöhnliche Reise weg vom geliebten Brownstone-Haus mehrere einsichtige Gründe. Ein Bekannter des großen Detektivs Nero Wolfe ist (unschuldig) des Mordes angeklagt. Archies Freundin Lilly Rowan als Arbeitgeberin ist ebenfalls verwickelt und benötigt Hilfe. Aber hier?
Es gibt eigentlich keinen ersichtlichen Grund, weshalb Archie sich in die Intrigen und Tratschereien in seinem Heimatstädtchen in Ohio einmischen sollte. Seine Tante Edna ist schuld: sie schafft es, ihn neugierig zu machen und mischt geschickt unter, seiner Mutter könnte es nicht gar so gut gehen...
Man sieht Archie von einer ungewöhnlichen Seite. Besorgt um seine Mutter kehrt er heim nach Chillicote.
Wieso er sich dort, nachdem er sich überzeugt hat, dass seine geliebte Mutter sich bester Gesundheit erfreut, in diese Geschichten um die Frage Selbstmord oder Mord? - eines allseits unbeliebten Bankers einmischt, bleibt ein Geheimnis des Autors. Und, seine Mutter ruft Nero Wolfe herbei. Weshalb? An Archies Stelle wäre ich wohl stinksauer. Traut sie ihm nicht zu, den Mord-Selbstmord-Fall zu lösen?
Erst als NW vor Ort erscheint, kommt Schwung in die Sache. Lösung per Genie.
Für Fans ist es vergnüglich, von NW und AG zu lesen, diesmal kommt Archies liebevolle Seite voll ins Bild. Er liebt seine Mutter, ein vorbildlicher Sohn. Als Kriminalroman - na ja.

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Mia

Stilted dialogue

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 19, 2021

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I would love to love this book. I would love to nestle once again into the world of Nero Wolfe and Archie. I have never been a fan of Wolfe books that take Archie out of the brownstone (Some Buried Caesar comes most readily to mind). But I could even overlook the less-than-ideal setting of Archie Goes Home just for the chance to spend more time with Archie and Wolfe. Where the book falls down, for me, is in the very stilted language. Contractions are few and far between and it results in an unnatural, artificial flow. Archie is smart, Archie is cool, Archie is brave. What he isn't, is stilted.

Totnan

Archies Mutter ist ein Goldstück

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on June 16, 2020

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Zwischen 1933 und 1975 schrieb Rex Stout mehr als 70 Geschichten und Bücher über den New Yorker Detektiv Nero Wolfe und seinen Assistenten Archie Goodwin. Er starb Ende 1975. Seit 1986 führt Robert Goldsborough die Reihe fort. Zunächst galt das auch in zeitlicher Hinsicht. Denn in einem der inzwischen 15 neuen Bände bekam Archie einen PC. Geht man davon aus, dass Nero Wolfe um 1895 und Archie Goodwin um 1910 geboren wurden, ließ sich das ohne Glaubwürdigkeitsprobleme aber nicht fortsetzen. Die meisten Nero-Wolfe-Bücher von Goldsborough spielen deshalb in den 1950er oder 60er Jahren, manche auch früher. Die meisten der Roman vom neuen Autor versetzen den Wolfe-Fan in die richtige Stimmung und sind gut geschrieben. Zuletzt gab es aber auch Bände, die etwas mühsamer zu lesen waren und vor allem Sterotype bedienten. Außerdem traf nicht jede Entwicklung der Hauptpersonen auf die Zustimmung der Fangemeinde. So wurde in amerikanischen Foren kritisiert, dass Wolfe gekichert haben soll. So etwas würde er natürlich nie tun.

Das neuste Buch macht aber vieles wieder gut. Robert Goldsborough ist besonders gut darin, aus dem Leben von Archie Goodwin zu erzählen. Er greift dazu knappe Hinweise aus den Werken von Rext Stout auf und baut daraus seine eigenen Geschichten. So berichtete er in einem 2012 erschienenen Prequel zur Serie über den Beginn der Beziehung zwischen Wolfe und Goodwin (Archie meets Nero Wolfe). 2015 veröffentlichte er "Archie in the Crosshairs", ein Buch, in dem Archie fast selbst zum Opfer eines Mörders wird. Mit "Archie goes home" schließt Goldsborough diese Archie-Goodwin-Trilogie nun ab.

Dass Archie aus dem ländlichen Ohio stammt, wurde immer wieder einmal angesprochen. Jetzt lernen wir sein Zuhause und vor allem seine Mutter endlich einmal kennen. Die Geschichte spielt wohl Anfang der 1960er Jahre. Archie müsste also schon etwa 50 sein. Er fährt nach Hause und geht auch dort auf Mörderjagd. Die Auflösung des Falles ist aber nicht das wichtigste. Und auch Nero Wolfe kommt lange Zeit nicht vor. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Archie und seine liebenswürdige Mutter, die wirklich ein Herz von Mensch ist, ein wahres Goldstück. Ob der Todesfall, um den es geht, wirklich Mord war oder nicht, ist dann gar nicht mehr so bedeutsam.

Vielleicht sollte Robert Goldsborough mit diesem schönen Buch aufhören; denn vermutlich würde das nächste nicht besser werden. Mit 82 hätte er das Recht, sich zur Ruhe zu setzen. Das wäre jedenfalls besser, als Archie und Lily Rowan doch noch heiraten zu lassen. Interessant sein könnte aber ein Buch über die Frühzeit von Nero Wolfe. Dazu gibt es von Rex Stout leicht widersprüchliche Angaben. Und irgendwer muss doch endlich einmal die unsinnige Theorie von William S. Baring-Gould widerlegen, wonach Wolfe der Sohn von Sherlock Holmes gewesen sei. Das kann nämlich schon deshalb nicht richtig sein, weil Holmes ja nur eine Romanfigur ist.

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