by Rex Stout
Notable only for revealing Nero Wolfe's obsession with Richard Nixon, and for a bunch of misogynist BS wherein Archie says Lucile can't be a real "Women's Liberationist" because she washes her face and combs her hair and dresses tidily. Seriously. Then they never go anywhere with it. It has nothing ...
The last of the Nero Wolfe books, published after Rex Stout's death. Although the mystery itself is not compelling, lacking as we are a client to outwit, it is a suitable book to go out on, ending something, but also including a statement of continuance. It also shines a pleasing spotlight on Arch...
A favorite waiter surprises Archie one night and says he fears he'll be killed. Archie leaves him in a guest bedroom to sleep until the great detective, Nero Wolfe, wakes up. But only minutes after Archie goes to bed himself, the house is shaken. A bomb has gone off, and the waiter is dead. So b...
There is no question that Rex Stout was a master. I have read most of them and listened to the rest, all ably read by one of my favorite readers, Michael Pritchard. This was Stout’s last novel, released in 1975. Some reviewers have suggested it’s not up to his earlier work. I disagree, although it’s...
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