I continue my list of the top 10 Nero Wolfe Novellas. See Part One and Part Two. 3) Disguise for Murder (1950) This one was adapted for A Nero Wolfe M Read more ...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other cont

Top 10 Nero Wolfe Novellas, Part Two

Jan 3rd, 2015

I continue my list of the top 10 Nero Wolfe Novellas. See Part One 6) Door to Death (1949) : When Theodore has to take care of his ailing mother and take an indefinite leave as orchid nurse for...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my w

The Top 10 Nero Wolfe Novellas, Part One

Dec 27th, 2014

This week, we begin a look at the very best of Rex Stout’s 39 Nero Wolfe novellas. Note, the 33 Novels will be covered at a later date. We’re only counting down the most memorable short...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f

Book Review: Murder in the Ballpark

Nov 29th, 2014

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Book Review: Death on a Deadline

Oct 4th, 2014

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Book Review: Murder in E Minor

Sep 6th, 2014

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Book Review: Family Affair

Jun 14th, 2014

This is the very last Wolfe novel written by Rex Stout. The book begins with a literal bang as a favorite waiter of Wolfe’s comes seeking Wolfe’s advice in the middle of the night. Archie...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website

Book Review: The Mother Hunt

May 10th, 2014

A wealthy young widow has a baby left on her doorstep with the claim that the Baby was her late husband’s child born out of wedlock. She hires Wolfe to find out who the mother is. The task is...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs

Book Review: Death of a Doxy

Mar 29th, 2014

In Death of a Doxy (1966), Archie agrees to a favor for Orrie Cather and reclaim an item from the house of a young woman. Instead, Archie finds the woman dead and smells a set up. Archie extricates...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit m

Book Review: Too Many Clients

Jan 25th, 2014

In Too Many Clients, Archie is asked by a man named Thomas Yeager to find out if anyone is following him and gives him an address in a poor part of town. However, the man turns out to be Yeager and...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit m

Book Review: The Doorbell Rang

Dec 21st, 2013

In The Doorbell Rang, Nero Wolfe is hired by a wealthy woman to get the FBI to stop annoying her. She apparently gained the attention of the FBI after purchasing and distributing 10,000 copies of...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my

Book Review: The Golden Spiders

Nov 2nd, 2013

The Golden Spiders finds Wolfe and Archie in ill-temper. Archie decides to admit a neighborhood boy who comes to Wolfe because of Wolfe’s antipathy to police and the fact that he saw a woman in a car...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit

Book Review: Champagne for One

Oct 5th, 2013

In Champagne for One, while attending a dinner party held for unwed mother at the home of a prominent socialite, Archie witnesses the death of one of the mother’s attending the party, one who...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs

Book Review: Prisoner’s Base

Sep 7th, 2013

In Prisoner’s Base, a missing heiress shows up at Wolfe’s house asking for help while giving no details including her name. She wants Wolfe to hide her, but Wolfe isn’t in to taking...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for fu

Book Review: Over My Dead Body

Aug 4th, 2013

In Over My Dead Body, Wolfe’s a young Yugoslav woman claiming to be Wolfe’s long lost adopted daughter shows up at the Brownstone door needing help with a small matter of being accused of...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website

Book Review: Death Times Thee

Jul 6th, 2013

This posthumous collection of Wolfe novellas featured one story that rewrote a Tecumseh Fox novel as a Nero Wolfe novella and two alternate version of Wolfe stories that are part of the corpus....[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we

Book Review: Trio for Blunt Instruments

Jun 2nd, 2013

Trio for Blunt Instruments was the last Nero Wolfe novella collection published during Stout’s lifetime and contained three stories. “Kill Now-Pay Later” Originally published in...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full l

Book Review: Three Witnesses

Apr 13th, 2013

This Nero Wofe novella collection published in 1956 contained Nero Wolfe stories originally published in 1954 and 1955. “The Next Witness” finds Wolfe called as a witness to a peripheral...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website f

Book Review: Archie Meets Nero Wolfe

Jan 26th, 2013

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Book Review: Three Men Out

Dec 1st, 2012

It’s time to review another Nero Wolfe novella collection. “Three Men’s Out” was published in 1954 and contains three novellas published originally in 1952 an...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content

You Ought to be on DVD: Nero Wolfe

Sep 29th, 2012

Previous: Vintage Detective Movie Serials, I Heard it on Radio If one great fictional detective has been slighted in terms of DVD and Home video releases, it is Nero Wolfe. The Read more ...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website

Book Review: Homicide Trinity.

Sep 22nd, 2012

Homicide Trinity contained three Nero Wolfe Novellas originally published in magazine form in 1961 and 1962. Below, we take a look at each story.“Eeny Meeny Murder Mo”[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other c

Book Review: Triple Jeopardy

Aug 25th, 2012

Triple Jeopardy contains three Nero Wolfe novellas originally published in 1951 and 1952. Without any further adieu, let’s take a look at them: Home to Roost: A young man suspecte Read more ...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi