The Second Confession (first edition inscribed by the author)
New York: Viking Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. INSCRIBED ON THE HALF-TITLE, "To ____ & ____/ Best wishes & warm regards/ Rex Stout" and with a small "Merry Christmas" sticker. Hardcover in pale green cloth stamped in yellow. Firmly bound, very good example, spine strip sunned. No dust jacket. 245 pp. The second book in the "Zeck Trilogy" featuring detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin". Here again they are pitted against the elusive crime boss Arnold Zeck. A wealthy businessman hires Wolfe to investigate the man engaged to marry his daughter, suspecting him of Communist involvement. Wolfe can't prove his Communist affiliations but can prove that the man is part of Arnold Zeck's crime organization. Zeck warns Wolfe to drop the case but when Nero refuses, a burst fo machine gun fire crashes into his orchid room. When the fiance turns up dead, Archie becomes a prime suspect. Very Good. Item #E37392
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