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Prisoner's Base
Prisoner's Base (British title "Out Goes She") is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout, first published by Viking Press in 1952.
Plot introduction.
A young woman who will shortly inherit control of a large manufacturing firm wants to rent a room in Nero Wolfe's house. Wolfe, outraged, puts her out; she is found murdered later that night. With no client in sight, Wolfe is not interested, but Archie feels responsible. His first step is to
, Harold Guinzburg, said it was better known as prisoner's base."
Late one night, Archie muses that the situation faced by one of the characters is like the game — it's up to her to get from one base to another without being tagged. But she does get tagged.
Plot summary.
After an argument between Archie and Wolfe over Archie's weekly paycheck, a young woman arrives at the brownstone with an unusual request. She wants to rent a room until June 30, one week