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Too Many Detectives
"Too Many Detectives" is a Nero Wolfe mystery novella by Rex Stout, first published September 14, 1956, in "Collier's". It first appeared in book form in the short-story collection "Three for the Chair", published by the Viking Press in 1957.
Plot summary.
Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been summoned to appear for questioning in Albany by the New York Secretary of State, part of an effort to investigate wiretapping activities by the state's private detectives
the Morgue" is not out of print; he attributes this to "catering to SF fans’ egos." Nicoll also posited that the inspiration for the character of Hilary involved "naked Martian princesses and well-known consulting detectives."
The Heinlein Society felt that "(a)s a mystery novel, (it) falls a bit short", and it has "too many characters", but conceded that it is "an intriguing look into the beginnings of science fiction as we know it today"; they