Lester Pierce, the head of a good government group often critical of the police department, is gunned down. The murder ignites a firestorm of political controversy, with newspapers demanding that the
When a fellow shamus gets charged with murder, Wolfe comes to his rescueStaten Island would be forgettable were it not for the gleaming Tabernacle of the Silver Spire, where thousands of congregants c
It’s curtains for a famous Broadway director, and private investigator Nero Wolfe is on the case—but his assistant, Archie Goodwin, is a suspect. When a renowned theater director senses something amis
When a loudmouthed author gets silenced, Wolfe looks for the triggermanThe gun was fired close to Charles Childress’s head, and his were the only fingerprints on it, forcing the police to conclude tha
Nero Wolfe investigates a sticky case of cola-war espionage. For the men of Madison Avenue, the battle between soft-drink giants Cherr-o-key and AmeriCherry seems heaven sent. For years now, the firm
When a great thinker takes a nasty tumble, Wolfe goes back to schoolA conservative academic, so far to the right that he thought Ronald Reagan was a pinko, Hale Markham rules Prescott University like
After the heir to a frozen-food fortune gets iced, Wolfe’s right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, becomes a suspectWhen Lily Rowan doesn’t laugh at his jokes, Archie Goodwin knows something is wrong. Her nie
Iconic sleuth Nero Wolfe returns to track down the murderer of a New York Symphony Orchestra conductor in this Nero Award–winning mystery. Ever since disgraced associate Orrie Cather’s suicide, armcha
To save his favorite newspaper, Nero Wolfe steps into the crossfire of a tabloid war. Master sleuth Nero Wolfe’s small circle of friends is limited to his assistant, Archie Goodwin; his chef, Fritz; a
