Nero Wolfe in The Battered Badge

In September, we are observing Pain Awareness Month, a time to educate ourselves on chronic pain conditions and sufferers and to support those in our life who deal with pain on a daily basis. Check out my blog post for some resources and my fiction book on Pain.

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I have just finished The Battered Badge, a Nero Wolfe Mystery by Robert Goldsborough. This is the first of Goldsborough’s series that I have read, but I am familiar with the original Nero Wolfe Mystery series by Rex Stout (although noting that it is 45 books long, I suspect I have not read all of them!

The more modern series appears to be pretty true to the original. The characters, setting, and Wolfe’s daily routine were all familiar and true to Stout’s creation. No weird shifts in personality, gender, or era. In this episode, it is Cramer, the chief of homicide, who falls under suspicion, and although reluctant to investigate, Archie and Wolfe would prefer Cramer remain as chief of homicide over the alternative.

Well written. I would be happy to read any of the other books in Goldsborough’s 16 book series.

“Well, he certainly is no favorite of yours. Of course, neither is Cramer, for that matter.”

Robert Goldsborough, The Battered Badge