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Might as Well Be Dead
Might as Well Be Dead is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1956. The story was also collected in the omnibus volume "Three Aces" (Viking 1971).
Plot introduction.
Nero Wolfe is hired to find a missing person, who soon turns up — under a new name — as a newly convicted murderer in a sensational crime.
Plot summary.
As the book opens, James R. Herold, prosperous businessman from Omaha
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- Carla Lovchen — Wolfe's adopted daughter, who appears in only two stories, "Over My Dead Body" and "The Black Mountain".
Supporting characters Other associates.
- Bill Gore — freelance operative occasionally called in when Wolfe requires additional help in the field.
- Johnny Keems — freelance operative occasionally called in by Wolfe. He makes his last appearance in the novel "Might as Well Be Dead".
- Theodolinda (Dol) Bonner and Sally Corbett (