Rex Stout: 7 Complete Nero Wolfe No

by Rex Stout

Book Overview

Complete and Unabridged. Includes seven complete Nero Wolfe Novels; The Silent Speaker, Might as Well Be Dead, If Death Ever Slept, 3 at Wolfe's Door, Gambit, Please Pass the Guilt, A Family Affair. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517412497
• ISBN13: 9780517412497
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
• Length: 745 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book of 7 Rex Stout novels

Exactly what I hoped for. A good-condition volume of the 7 Nero Wolfe stories dedscribed; arrived before schedule. I will use this seller again and recommend it.

The Nero Wolfe 7 Books in one

I am currently reading this book. Very good and well written and the characters are well developed. There is one more book not listed in the seven, it is Poison al'a cart. If anyone gets a change to purchace this book, and read it, I highly recommend this book.

9 Wolfe stories in all: 6 novels + 3 short

This omnibus' title is misleading; it actually contains 6 novels and a short story collection. They are discussed here in original publication order. For more details on the individual books, see their separate reviews. _The Silent Speaker_ (1946) was the 11th Wolfe book, and the first Wolfe novel to be published after WWII, the 9th and 10th books having been short story collections. The price controls of WWII were still in effect, and a government official has been murdered in a high profile case, in which big business interests are a prime suspect. This is one of the few cases in which Wolfe and Archie actively solicit business; _And Be a Villain_ was another. _Might As Well Be Dead_ (1956), the 27th Wolfe book, starts out as a missing person case: finding an estranged son for his father, who disowned him for a dishonest act someone else turned out to have committed. Unfortunately, it looks like the poor devil may be on the verge of being unjustly convicted of an unrelated murder. _If Death Ever Slept_ (1957) was the 28th Wolfe book, and like _Too Many Women_, has Archie taking an undercover assignment to get away from Wolfe for awhile after a quarrel. The puzzle is better-constructed than that in its predecessor, and Archie is more seriously attracted by the available females, so _If Death Ever Slept_ also has better characterization. THREE AT WOLFE'S DOOR (1960) was the 33rd Wolfe book, a short story collection consisting of "Poison a la Carte", "Method Three for Murder", and "The Rodeo Murder", all of which first appeared in magazines in 1960. "Poison a la Carte", like _Too Many Cooks_ before it, involves Wolfe leaving the house to attend a special meeting of an organization appreciating fine food, but Stout by this time had Wolfe's habits more deeply engrained: the meeting is being held in New York City, involving a minimum of travel, and Fritz is involved with the preparation of the dinner. In fact, when one of the attendees dies of poison, Fritz and the other chefs - employees of Rusterman's - feel that their honour, not merely their safety, is involved, so Wolfe *has* to clear it up. "Method Three for Murder" begins with one of the many occasions on which Archie has threatened to quit, but this one is unusual in that he's half-serious, and has gone so far as to storm out of the house. He hasn't stormed far, though; a good-looking woman is out front with a cab containing only a dead body. Wolfe, after a certain amount of commotion, stomps out and offers Archie a partnership arrangement to solve the case. :) "The Rodeo Murder" occurs at a party in Lily Rowan's penthouse - and since she'd specially arranged for grouse, Wolfe had consented to attend. Some of the characters later reappear in _Death of a Dude_, set on Lily's ranch in Montana, after their retirement from rodeo work. Like _If Death Ever Slept_, GAMBIT (1962), the 37th Wolfe book, revolves around a woman most men automatically fall for, but everyone seems to agree that An