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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sagan Darkside" data-source="post: 720124" data-attributes="member: 9270">I finished The Silent Speaker  by Rex Stout today- and recalled this post.It was a good book. A mystery novel with the detective being Nero Wolfe and his assistant/partnet Archie Goodwin. I am enchanted by the pair, and the writing is great. Nero's sharp tongue and Archie's cunning wit are well done. The world always feels alive (for example: both often refer to past cases that never appeared in books). The mystery itself was pleasant- I have seen the tv adaption of this very one, but it felt good to revisit the story in another manner.On a side note for anyone who may have the same problem with mysteries that I once did- I found most horribly lacking in that the solution was impossible for the reader to figure. It took a dear professor of mine to slap me in the head and to tell me to stop treating the book like a challenge, but to read it like I would any other book- for the characters and the story. Since then I have enjoyed mysteries- especially the books written by Rex Stout.The best line from the book(with pc warning- Nero was afraid of women): Nero- "A woman who is not a fool is dangerous."SD</blockquote>