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Author
Series
Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
When a Balkan beauty gets in trouble over some missing diamonds, whom else can she turn to but the world-famous Nero Wolfe? Especially since she claims to be Wolfe's long lost daughter! The stakes are suddenly raised when a student at this woman's fencing school ends up dead after a pointed lesson. As Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, thrust and parry into a tangle of documents, identities and international intrigue, another student body turns up,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Murder lurks in the wings of the sprawling Fifth Avenue penthouse of multimillionaire Otis Jarrell, who has just retained Nero Wolfe on a case of the utmost confidentiality. But even the master detective cannot prevent tragedy when it inevitably arrives wielding Jarrell's missing revolver. Soon a second victim dies, and Wolfe must piece together the truth behind Jarrell's scandalously ill-behaved family.
Author
Series
Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Bantam Dell/Random House
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Too Many Cooks: Everyone knows that too many cooks spoil the broth, but you'd hardly expect it to lead to murder. But that's exactly what's on the menu at a five-star gathering of the world's greatest chefs. As guest of honor, Wolfe was lured from his brownstone to a posh southern spa to deliver the keynote address. He never expected that between courses of haute cuisine he and Archie would be compelled to detect a killer with a poison touch-a killer...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Tecumseh Fox has a sharp eye for solving murders-but this time he's seeing double. Fox has been hired by the headstrong niece of a man charged in the shooting of wealthy financier Ridley Thorpe. The problem is that there are two gorgeous suspects, two powerful motives, two hotheaded suitors, and two murder weapons. And to top it off, Ridley Thorpe, or someone claiming to be him, is not only alive and well but has an airtight alibit for the night of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Amy Denovo, a young woman assisting Lily Rowan, hires Nero Wolfe because she must find out who her father is, or was. After her mother was killed in a recent hit-and-run, Amy received a locked metal box containing more than a quarter of a million dollars in cash--and a letter from her mother that explained only that the money came from her father. The mystery of Amy's mother's identity rivals that of her father's.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
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.
11) A right to die
Author
Series
Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 40
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
When a young, white, financially independent young woman shows up dead, all clues lead to her dapper, black fiance who comes to Nero Wolfe for help. Although the clues seem to indicate that well-educated Dunbar Whipple is the murderer of his beautiful fiancee Susan, Nero Wolfe uncovers a startling new motive for the crime.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Her Forbidden Knight gives the reader a glimpse of the cunning devices and charades of the celebrated Nero Wolfe mysteries which followed in the author's later years. Rex Stout's first detective novel follows the fortunes of the beautiful and naïve Lila Williams, a telegraph operator at New York's swankiest hotel--the Lamartine--as she becomes unwittingly enmeshed in the operations of a shady counterfeiting ring. By chance, the innocent Lila, coveted...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
BLACK ORCHIDS: Not much can get Wolfe to leave his comfortable brownstone, but the showing of a rare black orchid lures him to a flower show. Unfortunately, the much-anticipated event is soon overshadowed by a murder as daring as it is sudden. It's a case of weeding out a cunning killer who can turn up anywhere-and Wolfe must do it quickly. Because a second case awaits his urgent attention: a society widow on a mailing list of poison-pen letters leading...
Author
Series
Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Fer-de-lance: Multiple murders send sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin on a desperate hunt for clues, but they may be getting too close when someone sends them one of the world's most poisonous snakes as a deadly "gift,"
League of frightened men: 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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The rubber band -- In all his years of detecting, the unflappable Nero Wolfe has never encountered an investigation as damnably messy as this one. For what began as a clean case of larceny quickly sank into a quagmire of blackmail and broken promises, international scandal and cold-blooded murder. Now Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin must bridge eras and oceans to find the link between a Wild West lynching and a respected British peer. Only...
Author
Series
Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Nero and Archie collide with America's most dangerous man. If they don't run and hide, the man may have their hides.
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