As the US enters WWII, a series of murders at the University of Chicago threatens a top-secret military research project in this historical noir.
Against the ominous backdrop of Americas entry into World War II, the navy still reels from the devastation wreaked at Pearl Harbor and the crushing defeat of US ground troops in the Philippines.
On the home front, scientists working for Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago labor feverishly on a secret weapon that promises to reverse the fortunes of battle. However, sinister forces are at work on the outwardly serene Gothic campus, resulting in violent deaths.
While work grinds on in the shadowy catacombs beneath an abandoned football stadiumwork that will forever alter our worldChicago Tribunepolice reporter Steve Snap Malek delves into the intrigue. Battling for an exclusive story and, ultimately, for his very life, Malek finds himself in the midst of history-in-the-making.
Robert Goldsborough is an American author best known for continuing Rex Stout’s famous Nero Wolfe series. Born in Chicago, he attended Northwestern University and upon graduation went to work for the Associated Press, beginning a lifelong career in journalism that would include long periods at the
Chicago Tribuneand
Advertising Age. While at the
Tribune, Goldsborough began writing mysteries in the voice of Rex Stout, the creator of iconic sleuths Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. Goldsborough’s first novel starring Wolfe,
Murder in E Minor(1986), was met with acclaim from both critics and devoted fans, winning a Nero Award from the Wolfe Pack.
Archie Goes Homeis the fifteenth book in the series.
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