{"id":9267,"date":"2013-10-05T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T06:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=9267"},"modified":"2013-09-27T20:02:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T02:02:25","slug":"book-review-champagne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/book-review-champagne\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Champagne for One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <em>Champagne for One<\/em>, while attending a dinner party held for unwed mother at the home of a prominent socialite, Archie witnesses the death of one of the mother&#8217;s attending the party, one who had been known to be carrying vile of poison. Archie had been made aware of this and was watching the girl and swore she didn&#8217;t put anything in her glass, making it a murder.<\/p>\n<p>Wolfe ends up hired by one of the attendees to protect him from exposure as the father of the dead woman&#8217;s child by exposing the murderer first. The mystery itself actually quite satisfied. There are plenty of secrets to be uncovered and a lot of layers to make this mystery.<\/p>\n<p>Socially, it&#8217;s interesting because it was written on the cusp of the sexual revolution. Archie is at one point scandalized by a woman who has had two children out of wedlock and at another things a 31-year old man who expects to marry a virgin an old fogey before his time.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this a good solid story, not one of my favorites but still easily merits a rating of:<br id=\"yiv7893620353yui_3_7_2_36_1380125756124_90\" \/><br id=\"yiv7893620353yui_3_7_2_36_1380125756124_91\" \/>Satisfactory<\/p>\n<p>You can find all the Nero Wolfe books in Kindle, Audiobook, and book form on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/about\/archive\/wolfe\/\">Nero Wolfe page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">automatically to your Kindle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Champagne for One, while attending a dinner party held for unwed mother at the home of a prominent socialite, Archie witnesses the death of one of the mother&#8217;s attending the party, one who had been known to be carrying vile of poison. 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