Nero Wolfe mysteries
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Fer-de-lance: a Nero Wolfe mystery , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 1
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 2
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A group of Harvard alumni asks for Wolfe's help when one of their former classmates - Paul Chapin - appears likely to murder them all. Chapin, now a brilliant novelist, was left a twisted cripple by these men through a college hazing prank. Wolfe's insight and Archie's tenacity are enough to outwit the killer.
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 3
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A simple theft investigation for Nero Wolfe develops into a case of blackmail and murder that spans decades and continents.
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The red box , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 4
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Too many cooks: a Nero Wolfe mystery , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 5
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Some buried Caesar , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 6
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Over my dead body , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 7
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Black orchids , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 9
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Not quite dead enough , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 10
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The silent speaker , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 11
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Too many women , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 12
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13) And be a villain
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Nero Wolfe gets mixed signals at a radio station when a live guest drops dead while on the air.
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Trouble in triplicate , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 14
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 15
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[1995]
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Eccentric private detective Nero Wolfe becomes convinced that a confessed murderer is actually innocent and struggles to prove it.
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Three doors to death , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 16
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Curtains for three , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 18
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 20
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1957, c1951
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Collects three stories in which Nero Wolfe solves three crimes involving a poisoning, a murdered police officer, and a monkey who witnessed a killing.
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Prisoner's base , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 21
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The golden spiders , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 22
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Three men out , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 23
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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.
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 27
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Nero Wolfe helps a father track his estranged son, who turns up as an accused killer.
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 28
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1955/1994
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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.
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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.
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And four to go , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 30
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Faith Usher had a decidedly morbid personality. She talked about taking her life, and kept cyanide in her purse. So when she collapses and dies from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone calls it suicide—including the police. But Archie was watching it all, and suspects it was murder. So does Nero Wolfe, especially after he's warned by four men against taking the case. For the world's most formidable...
32) Plot it yourself
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In Plot it Yourself, Nero Wolfe, with the help of his associate Archie, must not only solve a mystery involving plagiarism and blackmail, but also catch a vicious killer.
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 33
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Death comes a-calling not once but three times in this murderous collection of cases from the files of Nero Wolfe, the world’s greatest detective.
First there is the exclusive dinner party where the guests are gourmets, arsenic is the appetizer, and the suspects are five of the most gorgeous gals in New York. Next, a wandering cab pulls up to Wolfe’s door, containing a lady driver who doesn’t belong . . . and a comely corpse...
First there is the exclusive dinner party where the guests are gourmets, arsenic is the appetizer, and the suspects are five of the most gorgeous gals in New York. Next, a wandering cab pulls up to Wolfe’s door, containing a lady driver who doesn’t belong . . . and a comely corpse...
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Too many clients , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 34
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 35
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Detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin investigate a high-society kidnapping that turns into murder.
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Homicide trinity: a Nero Wolfe threesome , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 36
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37) Gambit
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 37
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In this confounding whodunit, Wolfe breaks almost all of his rules. Nero is Wolfe accepting a case largely because a pretty woman appeals to his vanity concerning his detecting ability and genius. His new client Sally Blount, first encountered him not in his office, but in the front room, feeding Webster's New International Dictionary.
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 41
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There’s no one and nothing the great detective Nero Wolfe wouldn’t take on if the price was right. That’s something wealthy society widow Rachel Bruner is counting on when she writes him a check for a whopping hundred grand. But even Wolfe has a moment’s doubt when he finds out why the prize is so generous. For the oversize genius and his able assistant Archie Goodwin are about to lock horns with the FBI—and those highly...
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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...
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Amy Denova inexplicably gains a large sum of money and hires Nero Wolf and his assistant Archie Goodwin to find the father she has never known, but when they trace the money back to Amy's father and discover that he murdered Amy's mother, Wolf and Goodwin wonder if Amy will be next.
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Death of a dude , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 44
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 45
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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...
46) A family affair
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 46
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When a bomb racks Nero Wolfe's brownstone, killing his favorite waiter from his favorite restaurant, the world's greatest gourmet takes it as a personal affront.
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 48
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1986
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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...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 49
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[1987]
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To save his favorite newspaper, Wolfe steps into the crossfire of a tabloid war Master sleuth Nero Wolfe's small circle of friends is limited to his assistant Archie Goodwin, his chef Fritz, and Lon Cohen, the head man at the New York Gazette. Cohen knows more about the city's power structure than any man in Manhattan, and for years he happily passed Wolfe information in return for the odd exclusive scoop. But now Cohen needs Wolfe's help, for the...
50) The Bloodied Ivy
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When a great thinker takes a nasty tumble, Wolfe goes back to school 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-right up 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...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 51
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1989
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After the heir to a frozen-food fortune gets iced, Wolfe's right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, becomes a suspect When Lily Rowan doesn't laugh at his jokes, Archie Goodwin knows something is wrong. Her niece Noreen has been running around with Sparky Linville, a club-hopping bad boy who is the terror of Manhattan nightlife. And the last time she went out with him, Noreen wasn't herself when she came home. All she would tell her aunt was that she had been...
52) Fade to black
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 52
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c1990
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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'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 Wolfe...
53) Silver Spire
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 53
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When a fellow shamus gets charged with murder, Wolfe comes to his rescue. Staten Island would be forgettable were it not for the gleaming Tabernacle of the Silver Spire, where thousands of congregants come every Sunday to hear the sermons of Barnabas Bay. Millions more tune in on television, giving the good Reverend international fame, and a chance to spread the gospel from New York City's harbor all the way to South Korea. But threatening notes have...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 54
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1994
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"Robert Goldsborough returns with his seventh stunning Nero Wolfe novel. Follow along into Wolfe's famed West Thirty-fifth Street brownstone, where the corpulent orchid-tending genius devours meals, books, and murderers with a passion - and where this time he gets the chance to send a writer's killer to the pen." "Charles Childress, the author tapped to continue the beloved Sergeant Barnstable detective stories when the originator died, may not have...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 55
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c2012
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"To become part of the Nero Wolfe legend, Archie Goodwin must prove his worth. Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks with a pair of hot lead slugs. Dismissed from his job for being 'trigger-happy', he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective's assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 56
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2013.
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"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...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 57
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2015.
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"When Archie Goodwin's life is threatened, Wolfe must find the gunman or lose his right-hand man"--
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 58
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Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin are tasked with protecting the most hated columnist in New York City There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a favor, the famously brilliant-and notoriously lazy-detective is inclined to listen. According to Cohen, someone wants to kill the Gazette's gossip columnist, Cameron Clay. Death threats are a regular hazard for Clay, who's hurled insults...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 59
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It's curtains for a famous Broadway director, and private investigator Nero Wolfe is on the case-but his assistant, Archie Goodwin, is a suspect. When a renowned theater director senses something amiss during his latest production, he calls in Nero Wolfe. Though the corpulent genius wouldn't normally accept a job this vague, a mutual friend dangles the prospect of a very rare orchid in exchange for his services, and Wolfe can't resist. With a mind...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 60
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A shake-up in the NYPD homicide squad following a high-profile murder is bad for business for private investigator Nero Wolfe. 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...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 61
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An art hoarder's suspicious death paints a nasty picture for Nero Wolfe. No matter how fabulously he's being courted, infamously dour "art hog" Arthur Wordell isn't keen on favoring the new Guggenheim Museum with his extensive collection. Even at the urging of his beloved daughter, Nadia. Then, the night after the museum's fête, Arthur takes a twenty-story plunge from the window of his Times Square office. Nadia thinks it's no mere coincidence. Eccentric,...
62) Archie Goes Home
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 62
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Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker.
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...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 63
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Archie Goodwin is not overly fond of Theodore Horstmann, who takes care of the orchids on the rooftop of Nero Wolfe's West Thirty-Fifth Street brownstone. But as loyal assistant to the legendary private detective, Archie will put his animosity aside when the surly orchid-keeper stumbles through the front door beaten within an inch of his life.
While the gardener lies in a coma, Nero sends Archie to poke around his apartment near the river. The place...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 64
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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...
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The Nero Wolfe cookbook
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