The Bloodied Ivy

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A professor's death lures the reclusive detective and his sidekick to a bucolic crime scene: "Goldsborough does a masterly job with the Wolfe legacy" (Booklist).

An academic so conservative he thought Ronald Reagan was a pinko, Hale Markham rules Prescott University like an intellectual tyrant-until the morning he's found dead…

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1 author picked The Bloodied Ivy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Barbara Katz Rothman

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The Nero Wolfe books are the most comforting reading I can do. My family knows that if you’re ever calling the ambulance for me, grab one! Whatever is going on in my life, however stressed I am, I know that Wolfe will go up to the orchids each day, that Fritz will cook dinner, Archie will seat someone in the red leather chair, and the crime will be solved.

Rex Stout created that world—but maybe the sweetest thing ever—Robert Goldsborough’s mother had read them all, so he wrote some more!

I have read all of them, everyone, but I pick…

From Barbara's 3 favorite reads in 2023.