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The President Vanishes (1982)

President Kidnapped! Hysteria and treason shrouded Washington- the Vice President a virtual prisoner-the Army threatened revolt, the country reeled toward disaster. The whole burden of the search for the President rested on Secret Service agent Chick Moffat."a little too real for comfort" New Yor...

The President Vanishes (1982) by Rex Stout
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Red Threads (1995)

Red Threads is often presented as an Inspector Cramer mystery: A case where Inspector Cramer is the star and solves the case without any aide from Nero Wolfe. It’s understandable to do that, but lets be clear Inspector Cramer is not the star of this book.Millionaire Val Carew is founded murdered ...

Red Threads (1995) by Rex Stout
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The Golden Spiders (1995)

The Golden Spiders finds Wolfe and Archie in ill-temper. Archie decides to admit a neighborhood boy who comes to Wolfe because of Wolfe’s antipathy to police and the fact that he saw a woman in a car apparently in trouble. Wolfe handles the boy well and agrees to help by tracing the plate of the ...

The Golden Spiders (1995) by Rex Stout
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Murder by the Book (1995)

When everyone who has read Leonard Dykes's unpublished manuscript--including the author himself--is found dead, Nero Wolfe, along with his sidekick, decides to set a trap.

Murder by the Book (1995) by Rex Stout
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Death Times Three (1985)

I would not call this anthology shameless cash grab after Rex Stout's death; cash grab - yes, shameless - no. I will try to explain below. The anthology consists of three novellas: Bitter end.Wolfe's personal cook extraordinaire Fritz was sick, so the detective had to cook for himself with really...

Death Times Three (1985) by Rex Stout
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The Doorbell Rang (1992)

Rex Stout. Un tiempo para los actores secundariosLo cierto es que nunca había leído nada de Rex Stout. Y también: Nero Wolfe era uno de esos nombres que nos suenan, que creemos haber escuchado alguna vez, y cuyas portadas un poco pop habíamos visto alguna vez en los puestos de libros de ocasión. ...

The Doorbell Rang (1992) by Rex Stout
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The Rex Stout Reader: Her Forbidden Knight and A Prize for Princes (2007)

Her Forbidden Knight Prefiguring the devices and charades of the celebrated Nero Wolfe mysteries, Rex Stout's first detective novel follows the fortunes of the pretty, young Lila Williams, a telegraph operator at New York's swank Lamartine Hotel, as she becomes unwittingly enmeshed in the operati...

The Rex Stout Reader: Her Forbidden Knight and A Prize for Princes (2007) by Rex Stout
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The Rubber Band (1995)

Nero Wolfe's former client, Mr. Anthony D. Perry, President of Seaboard Products Corporation shows up with a problem. Miss Clara Fox, an employee and possibly more to Mr. Perry, is accused of stealing $30,000 from the company. Later that same day, Clara Fox herself shows up and wants to hire Wolf...

The Rubber Band (1995) by Rex Stout
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Too Many Cooks (1995)

Nero goes to West Virginia for a gourmet dinner. If you can swallow that one impossible premise, and some overt racist language and stereotypes, then this book is enjoyable and a certain classic of the Wolfe series. It is hard to discuss this book without addressing how remarkably different the w...

Too Many Cooks (1995) by Rex Stout
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Please Pass the Guilt (1973)

Reading Please Pass the Guilt right after The Silent Speaker provided quite an interesting contrast. Both cases involve Archie and Wolfe drumming up business, but the times have changed in 25 years.In the first place, technoligically things are quite different. In, The Silent Speaker, recording c...

Please Pass the Guilt (1973) by Rex Stout
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Not Quite Dead Enough (1992)

Another two-in-one book, like Black Orchids before it. This time, the unifying thread is not Wolfe's rare flora, but his work for the United States Army during World War II. In 'Not Quite Dead Enough', Archie, now a major and working in domestic counter-intelligence, is sent to recruit Wolfe's he...

Not Quite Dead Enough (1992) by Rex Stout
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The Hand in the Glove (1983)

Hand in the Glove features Dol Bonner, a young woman who has started her detective agency with the financial help of wealthy heiress Sylvia Raffray, who is on the cusp of taking over her family fortune. Her Guardian, P.L. Storrs, objects to Sylvia's involvement in the detective business as it's c...

The Hand in the Glove (1983) by Rex Stout
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Prisoner's Base (1992)

Under normal circumstances, a woman showing up on Wolfe's door looking for a place to stay would be unceremoniously bounced. But if the woman shows up when Wolfe and Archie are in the middle of a standoff, she may end up being escorted inside so Archie can use her to antagonize his employer. The ...

Prisoner's Base (1992) by Rex Stout
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Might as Well Be Dead (1980)

In Might as Well Be Dead, Wolfe is hired by a Nebraska businessman to find his son, Paul Herald. The older Herald had exiled his son eleven years earlier on the belief his son had stolen $11,000 from the business but had since learned that someone else committed the theft. He turns to Wolfe as a...

Might as Well Be Dead (1980) by Rex Stout
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And Be a Villain (1994)

Nero Wolfe needs a case and fortunately a murder occurs right on the radio for Wolfe to solve. One of the guests on the Madeline Fraser radio program has been poisoned. At first it looks like the murderer may have killed the wrong person but Wolfe isn't so sure. So he offers the host, the station...

And Be a Villain (1994) by Rex Stout
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Bad for Business (1995)

I am a total fan of the Nero Wolfe series and have read most of them. Tecumseh Fox is not Nero nor is he Archie Goodwin, but that is not to say he is bad. I looking forward to reading the other two stories in the future as they become available on Nook. I found it interesting how he works out ...

Bad for Business (1995) by Rex Stout
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The Sound of Murder (1983)

One of Stout's strengths is certainly his engaging first-person narration. That's part of why Archie Goodwin is such a wonderful character. Sadly, this book has neither Archie or first-person. "Alphabet" Hicks is a rather flat character with some artificial quirkiness (such as business cards w...

The Sound of Murder (1983) by Rex Stout
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Three Doors to Death (1995)

What is better than finding an unread title of a Nero Wolfe volume by Rex Stout? It's finding three, all consolidated into one volume entitled Three Doors To Death. The three novellas were published in magazines in the late '40's, but Stout's writing ability and clever plotting is as fresh as eve...

Three Doors to Death (1995) by Rex Stout
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The Silent Speaker (1994)

When a powerful government official,scheduled to speak to a group of millionaires, turns up dead, it is an event worthy of the notice of the great Nero Wolfe. Balancing on the edge of financial ruin, the orchid-loving detective grudgingly accepts the case. Soon a second victim is found bludgeoned...

The Silent Speaker (1994) by Rex Stout
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Fer-de-Lance (2010)

I was excited about reading Nero Wolfe. Not only is he a classic detective, but a favorite writer, Philip Jose Farmer, admired Wolfe enough to include him in the Wold Newton family. Unfortunately, Fer-de-Lance was a disappointment, likely my first and last foray into the series. Not because o...

Fer-de-Lance (2010) by Rex Stout
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The Black Mountain (2011)

Marko Vukcic is dead. Nero Wolfe is extremely displeased by the murder of his oldest and dearest friend, and is even more displeased when, after weeks of effort, he is unable to locate or identify the murderer. Marko, it seems, was involved in international intrigue in their native Montenegro, an...

The Black Mountain (2011) by Rex Stout
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And Four to Go (1992)

Nero Wolfe must track down a killer who murders his victims only during holidays and who, so far, has left Wolfe with four puzzling cases to unravel.

And Four to Go (1992) by Rex Stout
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Champagne for One (1995)

Faith Usher talked about taking her own life and even kept cyanide in her purse. So when she died from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone called it suicide—including the police. But Nero Wolfe isn’t convinced—and neither is Archie. Especially when W...

Champagne for One (1995) by Rex Stout
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Curtains for Three (1995)

Curtains for Three was published in 1951 and featured three Nero Wolve novellas published from 1948-50. As usual, we’ll review the individual story and then include an overall rating for the book:"The Gun with Wings": The title sounds similar to a Father Brown story (”The Dagger with Wings”) but ...

Curtains for Three (1995) by Rex Stout
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Death of a Doxy (1990)

Handsome Playboy Orrie Cather, one of Nero Wolfe's operatives, usually has women falling at his feet. But they usually don't fall all the way to dead. Has he set up Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's right-hand man to be the one to find her that way in her rosy bower, a love nest maintained by another man, ...

Death of a Doxy (1990) by Rex Stout
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Death of a Dude (1995)

Sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, leave West Thirty-fifth Street for a Montana dude ranch to clear an innocent man of a murder charge.

Death of a Dude (1995) by Rex Stout
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The Final Deduction (1995)

When the seemingly safe return of an abducted millionaire ends in his murder in his own home, Nero Wolfe sends Archie Goodwin to do his usual legwork, while Wolfe uncovers corruption and greed among Manhattan's elite.

The Final Deduction (1995) by Rex Stout
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Homicide Trinity (1993)

"Eeny Meeny Murder Mo"Bertha Aaron, the secretary to the Senior partner in a lawfirm comes to Wolfe's office because she suspects one of the other partners of colluding with an opposing client against the interests of the firm. Because the opposing client is involved in a divorce case, Archie kno...

Homicide Trinity (1993) by Rex Stout
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In the Best Families (1995)

Aging millionairess Mrs. Rackham asks Nero Wolfe to find out where her penniless husband has suddenly been obtaining mysteriously large sums of money, a request that leads to murder and to threats against the master detective himself.

In the Best Families (1995) by Rex Stout
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The League of Frightened Men (1995)

A hazing prank on a Harvard freshman sends a brilliant young man, Paul Chapin out on a high window ledge. His fall shatters his body but not his mind. It sobers the hazers and they vow to make it up to the cripple by atoning for it the rest of their lives. But pity can curdle and nurture resentme...

The League of Frightened Men (1995) by Rex Stout
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The Mother Hunt (1993)

When an abandoned baby is left on her doorstep, the young socialite widow knows only too well the identity of the father: her deceased philanderer of a husband. But who is the mother? The case seems like child's play to Wolfe, until the first dead body. While the police nurse their grudges agains...

The Mother Hunt (1993) by Rex Stout
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Plot it Yourself (1977)

The heavyweight champion of detective genius is confronted by a bloody series of brilliant murders and an uncatchable killer who terrorizes New York's literary world.

Plot it Yourself (1977) by Rex Stout
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The Red Box (1983)

The Red Box was the fourth of the Nero Wolfe novels and begins somewhat abruptly in the middle of the initial interview with Wolfe’s client. With a desperate need for a client, Archie connives with a potential client to get Wolfe to leave his house to travel down to a fashion firm several blocks ...

The Red Box (1983) by Rex Stout
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The Second Confession (1995)

When a millionaire businessman hires the sedentary detective to snoop on his daughter's boyfriend, Wolfe finds himself caught in a labyrinthine case involving drugged drinks, murderous debutantes, and a gangland boss.

The Second Confession (1995) by Rex Stout
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Three Men Out (1991)

The anthology consists of three novellas. Invitation to Murder.A man who is entirely dependent on his uncle to provide for his living (at least he is honest about it) was worried that one of the three young women working for his wealthy relative his matrimonial plans for the latter which would pu...

Three Men Out (1991) by Rex Stout
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Three Witnesses (1994)

Three Nero Wolfe Mysteries1) The Next Witness - Confound it! Nero Wolfe is stuck sitting in court, waiting to be a witness for the prosecution along with Archie Goodwin. But it wasn't the perfumed woman he had to sit next to that made him get up and leave, even with the threat of being in contemp...

Three Witnesses (1994) by Rex Stout
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Too Many Clients (1955)

In Rex Stout's novel, Too Many Clients, a man approaches Archie, introduces himself as the vice president of a large company and asks Archie to follow him to a certain address at a certain time that night, in order to determine whether or not he, the vice president, is being followed by someone e...

Too Many Clients (1955) by Rex Stout
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Trio for Blunt Instruments (1997)

If Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, would ever admit to an Achilles' heel-which they wouldn't-it would be a weakness for damsels in distress. In these three charming chillers the duo answer the call of helpless heroines with nothing to lose-except their lives. First a beautiful young Aphrodit...

Trio for Blunt Instruments (1997) by Rex Stout
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An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (2000)

The sexes battle, the head feuds with emotions it cannot control, and crime extorts and strikes and kills but does not pay in this collection of stories by Rex Stout at the outset of his celebrated career in mystery and suspense. Again and again in these tales taken from the pages of the pulps th...

An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (2000) by Rex Stout
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The Rubber Band/The Red Box 2-In-1

He was saying, “I don’t remember that anything ever irritated me more. I suppose I’m getting old. You mustn’t think I bear any ill-will; if you preferred to represent Miss Fox, that was your right. But you must admit I played your hand for you; so far as I know there wasn’t the faintest shred of ...

The Rubber Band/The Red Box 2-In-1 by Rex Stout
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An Officer and a Lady (2012)

“Yes, sir.” “Take these papers out of the room.” Without a sign of surprise at the unusual order, the servant gathered up the four morning newspapers and started to leave. As he reached the door he was again halted by his master’s voice: “And, Evans!” “Yes, sir.” “If Mrs. Reynolds asks for them, ...

An Officer and a Lady (2012) by Rex Stout
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Too Many Cooks/Champagne for One

I said, “Nor am I trying to negotiate a hot date, nor am I engaged in snooping. I’ve told you straight, I merely want to make sure that a private phone call is private. It’s not suspicion, it’s just precaution. As for your having to consult the manager, what the hell kind of a house dick are you ...

Too Many Cooks/Champagne for One by Rex Stout
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The Last Drive

It appeared in the April 1918 issue, but must have been written more than a year earlier, as Stout had been busy collaborating with his brother Robert in promoting a school banking system, the Educational Thrift Service, since the end of 1916. This farewell appearance marks the only time that one...

The Last Drive by Rex Stout
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Where There's a Will (1940)

I was more or less taking it for granted that my call on Naomi Karn that afternoon would add one more to the number, but I was wrong. As the maid escorted me through the large and luxurious foyer of the apartment on the twelfth floor, on Park Avenue near 74th—where I had got admitted by saying I ...

Where There's a Will (1940) by Rex Stout
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Her Forbidden Knight

The fact is that Dumain was strongly opposed to the revealing of a man’s past. He may have had a personal reason for this; but let us be charitable. Broadway is not the only place in the world where they act on the belief that a man’s past is his own and should not be held against him. Besides, S...

Her Forbidden Knight by Rex Stout
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Nero Wolfe 16 - Even in the Best Families

However, it is true that after I ran an ad in the Gazette and word got around I soon quit keeping count of the incoming calls. All I’ll do here is summarize it by months: May. Woman with pet cat stolen. Got it back; fifty dollars and expenses. Guy who got rolled in a joint on Eighth Avenue and di...

Nero Wolfe 16 - Even in the Best Families by Rex Stout
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Some Buried Caesar (1953)

Wolfe, immovable, with his eyes nearly shut, appeared to be more than half asleep, which may or may not have deceived Bronson but didn’t deceive me. I yawned. With the angle of the light striking Bronson as it did, his nose looked blunter than it had on the veranda, as if it had at some time been...

Some Buried Caesar (1953) by Rex Stout

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