Then drop everything and go meet the master. Fer-de-lance is the first book in a LONG series that combines the best of America’s hard-boiled detectives (in the person of Archie Goodwin) and of British cerebral detectives (in the person of Nero Wolfe, the obese orchid-fancier who refuses to leave his home on West 35th Street, Manhattan, New York.
Sarah Hoyt has reimagined Nero and Archie 10,000 years from Manhattan. In the first book in what I hope is a long and lovely series she sets up the perfect vehicle for two 120th Century detectives—an interstellar craft named “West 35th.” Jump in and enjoy!
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It starts with: A silly/dumb/gorgeous secretary.Except she’s NOT silly or dumb (she is gorgeous); except she IS silly and dumb (or, at least ignorant) in the beginning. She’s a hothouse flower, you see. You’ve heard of gilding the lily, meaning that you put needless decoration on something that doesn’t need it? Well, her maiden name is Lilly Gilding. By her own admission, her early education taught her how to dance and look pretty. In that condition, she married Joe Aster (thus acquiring ANOTHER flower name), a private investigator totally unsuitable for a young lady of her status. Her super-wealthy father responded by cutting her off from support, perhaps hoping to bring her to her senses.It actually worked, though not in a way Daddy had anticipated, and not in a way Lilly recognized. Forced into the world of work, Lilly became part of Joe’s investigative operation. Silly and dumb people can’t do what she did, and I can only suppose it was because she had never been allowed to overcome challenges that she fails to appreciate all she accomplishes: “merely” a receptionist, she masters typing and accounting, and gets her Investigator license. She becomes an integral part of Joe’s work. All of that, without realizing that she has become far more than ornamental.That’s the ignorance that is her greatest limitation.Joe has patterned his practice on a popular series of detective stories. Even their home base/space ship is christened “West 35th Street,” after the locale of the stories. These are presented as immersive experiences (“mersi”) featuring fictional and flawed detective Nick Rhodes and drop-dead-gorgeous partner Stella D’Or.Joe loves them; Lilly does not. However, when Joe shows up transformed and incapacitated, the silly/dumb Lilly realizes that the solution lies in the mersi story.And she takes appropriate action. Excitement and intrigue ensue. The foundation for a series is laid!Don’t ignore the glorious cover art. It’s almost photo-realism, and would make a GREAT wall poster.
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