Nero Wolfe mysteries

Nero Wolfe tries to find evidence against a murderer who has confessed his crime, yet is still free to make good his threats of revenge against a group of former schoolmates.

A lovely woman turns up dead. Before anyone else does, Nero Wolfe must solve the mystery of a box of cyanide-laced candy.

An automobile breakdown strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture—and a family feud over a prize bull. A restaurateur’s plan to buy the stud and barbecue it as a publicity stunt may be in poor taste, but it isn’t a crime . . . until Hickory Caesar Grindon, the soon-to-be-beefsteak bull, is found pawing the remains of a family scion. Wolfe is sure the idea that Caesar is the murderer is, well, pure bull. Now...

Nero Wolfe plumbs a millionaire's will containing a legacy of murder, about to be fulfilled.

The army wants Nero Wolfe urgently, but he refuses their clarion call to duty. It takes Archie Goodwin to titillate Wolfe’s taste for crime with two malevolent morsels: a corpse that refuses to rest in peace and a sinister “accident” involving national security. It’s up to the Grandiose Master himself, Nero Wolfe, to set the traps to catch a pair of wily killers—as Archie lays the bait on the wrong side of the law.
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Trouble in Triplicate by Rex Stout is a collection of three captivating Nero Wolfe novellas, each involving complex cases that only Wolfe's brilliant mind and his resourceful assistant Archie Goodwin can solve. The stories — Before I Die, Help Wanted, Male, and Instead of Evidence — showcase the unique chemistry between the reclusive and intellectually formidable Wolfe and the savvy, quick-thinking Archie. In Before I Die, Wolfe is reluctantly...

Three cases bring perplexing challenges to Nero Wolfe, as a man unsuccessfully attempts suicide just before he is killed, a murder victim's family hides the identity of the killer, and a horticulturist discovers his girlfriend's body.

A whispering opera star, a posse in New York's Central Park, a desperate girl, and a murder weapon that reappears in the strangest places challenge the wits of master sleuth Nero Wolfe.

Trying to determine why his last two clients were ruthlessly murdered, Nero Wolfe wonders if the answer is linked to a young boy who turns up at his brownstone apartment, and he finds clues in a gray Cadillac, a mysterious woman, and spider-shaped earrings.

When Marko Vukcic, one of Nero Wolfe's closest friends, is gunned down in cold blood, the great detective takes it personally, pledging to do everything in his considerable power to bring the killer to justice. But Wolfe's reckless vow draws him to the most lethal case of his career, propelling the portly P.I. and his faithful factotum, Archie Goodwin, four thousand miles across the ocean to the hazardous mountains of Montenegro. Communist cutthroats...

Three Witnesses is a collection of three Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, first published in 1956. Each story features the famous private detective Nero Wolfe and his witty assistant Archie Goodwin, as they solve complex cases. In "The Next Witness," Wolfe finds himself called to testify in a trial but soon becomes involved in solving the case when he realizes the defendant may be innocent. Defying the court, Wolfe and Archie investigate...

Nero Wolfe is on a trail of money, mayhem and murder in three cases of capital crimes. First the death of a self-made millionare..Then on to a rural lodge to teach a foreign ambassador and a famous diplomat that murder is bad for business. Finally, it's a case of politics making the strangest of bedfellows.

And Four to Go is a captivating collection of four Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout, bringing readers another set of thrilling mysteries to solve alongside the brilliant detective Nero Wolfe and his clever assistant, Archie Goodwin. This volume includes the novellas The Last Laugh, Too Many Women, The Murder in the Mall, and The Slaughter of the Innocents. In The Last Laugh, Wolfe is confronted with a strange case involving a man who is found dead,...

When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. Four unrelated accusers—including a down-and-out hack writer and a lady poet with a penchant for nude sunbathing—have been fleecing bestselling authors, claiming the authors have stolen their work and ingeniously planting evidence to back up their claims. But when punctuation gives way to puncture,...

A bidding war for his services interrupts Nero Wolfe's attempts to solve the case of the businessman who died in his love nest--a case in which the police seem oddly uninterested.

Homicide Trinity is a collection of three Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout, first published in 1962. These stories feature the brilliant, eccentric detective Nero Wolfe and his quick-witted assistant, Archie Goodwin, who together tackle a series of complex murder cases, each filled with unexpected twists and clever deductions. The novellas in the collection—Eeny Meeny Murder Mo, Death of a Demon, and Counterfeit for Murder—each presents...

Who was the nice murderer? Peter Vaughan, did he baby-sit while the murderer killed the girl he loved, or was it the other way around? Dunbar Whipple, he had no motive for murder but love. Dolly Brooke, was she willing to kill to protect her family's reputation? Beth Tiger, the golden-skinned Cleopatra, why was she so eager to take the rap?

Detective genius Nero Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin, are private investigators based in New York. With Wolfe's unmatchable wits and Archie's tireless legwork, no mystery is unsolvable. In this installment, Wolfe must prove the innocence of colleague Orrie Cather who is being charged with the murder of Isabel Kerr. As Archie deals with a colorful cast of characters, including Isabel's sister, brother-in-law, and benefactor, Wolfe uses mathematics...

The mountain couldn’t come to Wolfe, so the great detective came to the mountain—to Lame Horse, Montana, to be exact. Here a city slicker got a country girl pregnant and then took a bullet in the back. Wolfe’s job was to get an innocent man exonerated of the crime and catch a killer in the process. But when he packed his silk pajamas and headed west, he found himself embroiled in a case rife with local cynicism, slipshod police work,...

Nero Wolfe finds himself under pressure when a murder is committed in the old brownstone on West 35th Street.

"Two years after Wolfe's retirement, his past returns with deadly intent. It wasn't Nero Wolfe's idea for Orrie Cather to kill himself, but the great detective gave his blessing to his longtime associate's plan. Cather had killed three people, and it was only fair to pay the price. Though Wolfe reacted to Cather's death with his characteristic calmness, prize assistant Archie Goodwin could see the rotund genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street was shaken...

When a great thinker takes a nasty tumble, Nero Wolfe goes back to schoo. A conservative academic, so far to the right that he thought Ronald Reagan was a pinko, Hale Markham rules Prescott University like an intellectual tyrant---until the morning he is found dead at the bottom of one of Prescott's famously beautiful ravines. Every liberal on campus hated the crotchety old crank, but which one is responsible for giving Markham his final push to the...

Wolfe investigates a sticky matter of Cola Wars espionage For the men of Madison Avenue, the battle between soft drink giants Cherr-o-key and AmeriCherry seems heaven-sent. For years now, the firm of Mills/Lake/Ryman has fought to help Cherr-o-key become the nation & rsquo;s favorite fizzy cherry soda, but each time they come up with a new slogan, mascot, or jingle, AmeriCherry has beaten them to it. There is a mole inside the agency, and only Nero...

The gun was fired close to Charles Childress’s head, and his were the only fingerprints on it, forcing the police to conclude that the author committed suicide. But his friends know this is impossible, because Childress loved himself far too much. He had just begun attracting fame, writing new mysteries starring the iconic Sergeant Barnstable, and he had bright hopes for the future. His publisher hires corpulent genius Nero Wolfe to determine...

"Archie Goodwin and Saul Panzer have ventured into the wilds of northern Manhattan to watch the Giants take on the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds. Panzer spies state senator Orson Milbank, a silver-haired scoundrel with enemies in every corner of upstate New York, sitting in the box seats. In the fourth inning, a monstrous line drive brings every fan in the grandstand to his feet -- every fan save for one silver-haired senator, who has been shot dead...

Detective Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin are tasked with protecting, Cameron Clay, the Gazette's most hated columnist in New York City, after he begins to receive anonymous death threats. Death threats are a regular hazard for Clay, who has hurled insults and accusations at every boldfaced name in the five boroughs, but the latest ones carried a more sinister tone.

"When wealthy and popular crusader and reformer Lester Pierce is gunned down in front of his Park Avenue residence, the public outcry forces the NYPD to restructure its homicide department. As the deceased was highly critical of Inspector Lionel Cramer, the longtime head of homicide is temporarily relieved of his badge. But it seems Cramer was not just a scapegoat: He was seen dining in Little Italy with mob kingpin Ralph Mars ... Despite the burgeoning...

"Archie Goodwin's aunt Edna is about to lure him away from his work at Nero Wolfe's New York brownstone. After a phone call, he heads off to Ohio, where the president of Farmer's State Bank and Trust, an elderly widower, has died in an apparent suicide. But Archie's aunt has expressed nagging suspicions--which only grow stronger when someone takes a shot at a local reporter who wrote about the case. It wouldn't be a small town without some gossip,...

The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation in this new mystery from the award–winning author. Archie Goodwin's very good friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her time-and considerable financial resources-helping women in need, from underpaid workers to mistreated wives. But at the moment she's particularly concerned about one woman: her best friend, Maureen, a beautiful socialite who's...