Rex Stout

A bomb explodes in the desk drawer of a top TV executive. But was the death trap intended for him or for the man who opened the drawer? Each man had a host of enemies, so was it the ambitious business partner, the jealous wife, the office secretary, or the man with blood on his hands? Nero Wolfe finds himself up to his corpulent neck as he and Archie Goodwin sort their way through secrets, over-the-top ambition, and a long list of suspects to find...

Nero Wolfe helps a father track his estranged son, who turns up as an accused killer.

Millionaire Otis Jarrell hires bad-tempered detective Nero Wolfe to work an undercover case, to which Wolfe sends his assistant, Archie Goodwin, who poses as a secretary, but things become complicated when Jarrell's security is breeched and his gun is stolen out of his own office.

Nero Wolfe gets mixed signals at a radio station when a live guest drops dead while on the air.

Deemed one of Stout's "All Time Best," this mystery is unique in the series in that for the first time, Nero Wolfe, who rarely even leaves his house, breaks all precedent by leaving the country to discover the murderer of his best friend. Post World War II politics are woven into the plot as Wolfe and his assistant Archie experience grueling adventures in the mountainous region of Yugoslavia.

A simple theft investigation for Nero Wolfe develops into a case of blackmail and murder that spans decades and continents.

Investigating the bizarre will of late multimillionaire Noel Hawthorne--who left the bulk of his estate to his mistress and nearly nothing to his three sisters--astute sleuth Nero Wolfe stumbles upon a legacy of murder.

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.