Books like Nero Wolfe by Rex Stout
First publish date: 1981
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Rex Stout
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Nero Wolfe investigates the murder of his old friend Marko Vukcic, taking him back to Montenegro—where both Yugoslav and Russian communists threaten him and a perilous mountain climb awaits.
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Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin investigate the death of Isabel Cather, while Orrie Cather, her fiance, fights to clear his name amid secrets and a murder in New York.
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Nero Wolfe is called upon in New York to investigate three murder cases, each wrapped in political intrigue and personal danger, ranging from a left‑wing activist’s death to a homicide involving political refugees, and even a cartoonist’s deadly plot.
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Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin investigate a string of crimes at the sprawling Naylor-Kerr corporation, whose workforce of beautiful, gossip‑laced women hides a murderer and a trail of intrigue.
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