Nero Wolfe mysteries
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1) Fer-De-Lance
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 1
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadfully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda—whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison...
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The league of frightened men , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 2
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The rubber band , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 3
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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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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 6
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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An automobile breakdown strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture—and a family feud over a prize bull. A restaurateur’s plan to buy the stud and barbecue it as a publicity stunt may be in poor taste, but it isn’t a crime . . . until Hickory Caesar Grindon, the soon-to-be-beefsteak bull, is found pawing the remains of a family scion. Wolfe is sure the idea that Caesar is the murderer is, well, pure bull. Now...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 7
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Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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Nero Wolfe, lover of fine food and prize orchids, is a genius at daring detection. But he is always on guard when it comes to women. Now murder at a fencing studio engages him and his confidential assistant, Archie Goodwin, in a dangerous duel with death. The prime suspect is a Balkan beauty who has a secret reason for wanting Wolfe to clear her — and a double identity that may be the perfect foil for covering up a killer.
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 9
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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Nero Wolfe has left his comfortable brownstone for the promise of a remarkably rare black orchid at a flower show—but before Wolfe and his perennially hardy sidekick, Archie Goodwin, have a chance to stop and smell the roses, a diabolically daring murder takes place right under their noses and puts a blight on the proceedings. Now Wolfe's fancy turns to thoughts of weeding out a murderer—one who's definitely not a garden-variety killer....
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 10
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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The army wants Nero Wolfe urgently, but he refuses their clarion call to duty. It takes Archie Goodwin to titillate Wolfe’s taste for crime with two malevolent morsels: a corpse that refuses to rest in peace and a sinister “accident” involving national security. It’s up to the Grandiose Master himself, Nero Wolfe, to set the traps to catch a pair of wily killers—as Archie lays the bait on the wrong side of the law.
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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 mysteries volume 13
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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Madeline Fraser, radio talk show host extraordinaire, had a natural dread of dead air. So when one of her on-air guests signed off at the mike after drinking a glass of a sponsor’s beverage, it was a broadcaster’s nightmare come true. Enter Nero Wolfe. He agrees to take the case, with his sizable fee contingent on his solving the murder. But to Wolfe’s surprise, everyone connected to the case now lies in unison about it. And as the...
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Trouble in triplicate , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 14
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The second confession , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 15
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Three doors to death , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 16
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 17
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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Aging millionairess Mrs. Rackham asks Nero Wolfe to find out where her penniless husband has suddenly been obtaining mysteriously large sums of money, a request that leads to murder and to threats against the master detective himself.
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 18
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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In these three baffling mysteries of motive and murder, even the great Nero Wolfe finds himself stumped. First there is the case of the two passionate lovebirds who want to make sure that neither is a cold-blooded killer. Then it’s off to the races, where Wolfe must choose from a stable of five likely suspects to corral a killer on horseback. And finally the detective finds himself the confidant of a distraught, self-described grifter who claims...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 19
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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When everyone who has read Leonard Dykes's unpublished manuscript—including the author himself—is found dead, Nero Wolfe, along with his sidekick, decides to set a trap.
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Triple jeopardy , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 20
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21) Prisoner's Base
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 21
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English
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“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review
When Priscilla Eads, heiress to cotton-towel millions, first pleads for Nero Wolfe’s assistance, the portly detective decides to wash his hands of a case that has more than its share of dirty laundry. Just hours later Miss Eads and her maid are found strangled to death under circumstances...
When Priscilla Eads, heiress to cotton-towel millions, first pleads for Nero Wolfe’s assistance, the portly detective decides to wash his hands of a case that has more than its share of dirty laundry. Just hours later Miss Eads and her maid are found strangled to death under circumstances...
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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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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 24
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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When Marko Vukcic, one of Nero Wolfe's closest friends, is gunned down in cold blood, the great detective takes it personally, pledging to do everything in his considerable power to bring the killer to justice. But Wolfe's reckless vow draws him to the most lethal case of his career, propelling the portly P.I. and his faithful factotum, Archie Goodwin, four thousand miles across the ocean to the hazardous mountains of Montenegro. Communist cutthroats...
25) Before Midnight
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 25
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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The scent of murder is in the air at the great Pour Amour perfume contest, and the incomparable Nero Wolfe is intent on sniffing out the killer. The foul deed is committed during the contest’s final round. Only five riddles separate the contestants from the million-dollar cash prize when someone finds the sweet smell of success too intoxicating to leave to chance. Now the contest creator is dead and the answers stolen from his wallet, and it’s...
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Three witnesses: a Nero Wolfe threesome , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 26
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 27
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review
Eleven years ago, wealthy Nebraska businessman James Herold gave his only son, Paul, a very raw deal. Now he wants Nero Wolfe to track Paul down so that he can make amends. But what if the young man doesn’t want to be found . . . and what if he’s the same P.H. who’s currently on...
Eleven years ago, wealthy Nebraska businessman James Herold gave his only son, Paul, a very raw deal. Now he wants Nero Wolfe to track Paul down so that he can make amends. But what if the young man doesn’t want to be found . . . and what if he’s the same P.H. who’s currently on...
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Three for the chair: a Nero Wolfe mystery , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 28
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 29
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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With Nero Wolfe on the job, you'd think murderers would take caution. But even the master detective can't stop a killing, especially if it's an inside job—right under the roof of his client, millionaire Otis Jarrell.
What's more, it's Jarrell's own missing revolver that the killer uses. Wolfe must find the truth behind the scandals in Jarrell's ill-behaved family. One of its members sleeps the fitful sleep of the guilty, and Wolfe's getting...
What's more, it's Jarrell's own missing revolver that the killer uses. Wolfe must find the truth behind the scandals in Jarrell's ill-behaved family. One of its members sleeps the fitful sleep of the guilty, and Wolfe's getting...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 30
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review
Embark on a year of murder and mystery. It begins at Christmas with a party and a poisoning, then blossoms into spring with sudden death at the Easter Parade. With a killer in the crowd, the Fourth of July is no picnic, and the calendar is overbooked with corpses when death is in season. Here are...
Embark on a year of murder and mystery. It begins at Christmas with a party and a poisoning, then blossoms into spring with sudden death at the Easter Parade. With a killer in the crowd, the Fourth of July is no picnic, and the calendar is overbooked with corpses when death is in season. Here are...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 31
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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There's nothing like murder to spoil a good meal. That's what Archie Goodwin, the able assistant to Nero Wolfe, discovers at a lavish dinner party hosted by a billionaire. It was a casual evening among gorgeous society girls . . . until champagne became a murder weapon.
Luckily for Archie, his boss knows champagne—and other gourmet fare. He also happens to be a genius at deduction. That combination could mean the last call for a killer who...
Luckily for Archie, his boss knows champagne—and other gourmet fare. He also happens to be a genius at deduction. That combination could mean the last call for a killer who...
32) Plot it Yourself
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 32
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English
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When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. Four unrelated accusers—including a down-and-out hack writer and a lady poet with a penchant for nude sunbathing—have been fleecing bestselling authors, claiming the authors have stolen their work and ingeniously planting evidence to back up their claims. But when punctuation gives way to puncture,...
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Three at Wolfe's door , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 33
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Too many clients , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 34
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36) Homicide Trinity
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 36
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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It’s a wily killer who dares to strike on Nero Wolfe’s hallowed turf—and leave a corpse strangled with Wolfe’s own soup-stained tie. But no sooner does the gourmandizing sleuth clean up this first course of murder than he faces a gun-toting wife who serves up a confession of homicidal intent—only to become the sole suspect when the corpus delicti is found. It’s murder à la carte when the third course is served:...
37) Gambit
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 37
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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A private club is the setting for murder when Paul Jerim, playing chess with twelve opponents, is poisoned. When her father is accused of the murder, beautiful Sally Blount calls on gourmet detective Nero Wolfe to find the real killer.
38) The Mother Hunt
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 38
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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When an abandoned baby is left on her doorstep, the young socialite widow knows only too well the identity of the father: her deceased philanderer of a husband. But who is the mother? The case seems like child's play to Nero Wolfe, until the first dead body. While the police nurse their grudges against him, and the widow nurses Archie, the genius sleuth and his sidekick look for the hand that rocked the cradle. But nothing can pacify the killer, who's...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 39
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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If Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, would ever admit to an Achilles' heel-which they wouldn't-it would be a weakness for damsels in distress. In these three charming chillers the duo answer the call of helpless heroines with nothing to lose-except their lives. First a beautiful young Aphrodite comes to Nero looking for a hero-and the answer to the mystery of her father's death....Then an old flame of Archie's reignites with a plan that may corner...
40) A Right to Die
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 40
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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When a bright young heiress with a flair for romance and one too many enemies is found brutally murdered, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, find themselves embroiled in a case that is not as black and white as it first appears.
Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did.
Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The...
Susan Brooke has everything going for her. Men would have killed themselves to marry her, and, in fact, one did.
Susan came to New York to find love and fulfillment, and ended up dead on a tenement floor. The...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 41
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English
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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...
42) Death of a Doxy
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 42
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel Kerr seemed to have the perfect setup. Now the well-kept lady is stone-cold dead, and the cops have nabbed a Manhattan private eye who just happens to be an acquaintance of Nero Wolfe. Unable to refuse a friend in need, the great detective deigns to get the gumshoe off the hook. Little does Wolfe realize that in a matter of hours he’ll be entertaining a party of fools...
43) The Father Hunt
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 43
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Pretty Amy Denovo wants to find the father she has never seen, but she can't afford Nero Wolfe's outlandish fees . . . or can she? Suddenly she's knocking on the oversized detective's door with a parcel full of bills in hand—and a quarter of a million hidden in her closet. It's all part of a nest egg left by her unknown father. But when Wolfe and his able assistant, Archie Goodwin, begin to trace the money to the man, they make a startling discovery:...
44) Death of a Dude
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 44
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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The mountain couldn’t come to Wolfe, so the great detective came to the mountain—to Lame Horse, Montana, to be exact. Here a city slicker got a country girl pregnant and then took a bullet in the back. Wolfe’s job was to get an innocent man exonerated of the crime and catch a killer in the process. But when he packed his silk pajamas and headed west, he found himself embroiled in a case rife with local cynicism, slipshod police work,...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 45
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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A brilliant Rex Stout murder mystery featuring Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin
A bomb explodes in the desk drawer of a top TV executive. Was it intended for him or the man who opened the drawer? They each had enemies enough to die a dozen times over. Was it the jealous wife or the ambitious partner? The secretary who got passed around like an inter-office memo? Or the man who couldn’t wash the blood off his hands? Nero Wolfe...
A bomb explodes in the desk drawer of a top TV executive. Was it intended for him or the man who opened the drawer? They each had enemies enough to die a dozen times over. Was it the jealous wife or the ambitious partner? The secretary who got passed around like an inter-office memo? Or the man who couldn’t wash the blood off his hands? Nero Wolfe...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 46
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English
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Nero Wolfe's last recorded case! Wolfe never works without a well-heeled client and a sizable fee, but when a bomb racks his brownstone, killing his favorite waiter from his favorite restaurant, the world's greatest gourmet takes it as a personal affront. What kind of unsavory killer commits murder within ten feet of a legendary detective? It's a question Wolfe will go to heroic lengths to answer. But even as he and Archie uncover an unappetizing...
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Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 47
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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Murder strikes thrice in these three baffling mysteries of crime and detection. First, Stout's great detective, Nero Wolfe, develops an appetite for the sweet taste of revenge when someone slips something most foul into his lunch. Then, a couturier's beautiful sister uses Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's man about town, as her ready-made alibi–and maybe fall guy–unless Wolfe can spot the loose ends in a nearly seamless crime. Finally, Wolfe has...
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Murder in E minor: a Nero Wolfe mystery , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 48
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Death on deadline: a Nero Wolfe mystery , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 49
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The bloodied ivy: a Nero Wolfe mystery , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 50
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The last coincidence , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 51
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Fade to black , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 52
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Silver spire , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 53
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The missing chapter , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 54
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Archie meets Nero Wolfe , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 55
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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A killer hiding among the crowd at a Dodgers-Giants game forces Nero Wolfe to step up to the plate in this “superb” mystery (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
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. The national anthem is just winding down when Panzer spies a notable in the box seats: state senator Orson Milbank,...
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. The national anthem is just winding down when Panzer spies a notable in the box seats: state senator Orson Milbank,...
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Archie in the crosshairs , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 57
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Stop the presses! , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 58
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Murder, stage left , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 59
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The battered badge , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 60
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Death of an art collector: a Nero Wolfe mystery , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 61
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Archie goes home , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 62
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Trouble at the brownstone , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 63
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The missing heiress , Nero Wolfe mysteries volume 64
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The Nero Wolfe cookbook
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