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Seed on the Wind (Paperback): Rex Stout Seed on the Wind (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R291 R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Save R50 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

WHO WAS THE FIFTH MAN? The lawyer, the jeweler, the art critic, and the oil-company man…self-possessed, independent Lora Winter has had a child with each of them. But when one of these men drives up to her house with a fifth man in the car, Lora runs to hide. That’s how this extraordinary novel opens – and by the time it ends, you’ll have pieced together a masterful psychological jigsaw puzzle that is miles from a traditional crime novel, but whose desperate characters nevertheless resort to kidnapping, blackmail and possibly even murder. Long before he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, before he created the immortal Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout wrote this gripping novel, published in 1930 and then lost for more than 90 years. Hard Case Crime is thrilled to give the book its first publication in nearly a century and to give today’s readers the chance to discover one of Stout’s richest and most unforgettable stories.

Fer-De-Lance (Paperback, Bantam Crime Line ed): Rex Stout Fer-De-Lance (Paperback, Bantam Crime Line ed)
Rex Stout
R245 R189 Discovery Miles 1 890 Save R56 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 dreadully 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 in his heart.

Too Many Cooks/Champagne for One (Paperback): Rex Stout Too Many Cooks/Champagne for One (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R439 R359 Discovery Miles 3 590 Save R80 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days


A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction's greatest detectives. In this pair of classic Nero Wolfe mysteries, Stout is at his unparalleled best as the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, are served two lethally appetizing cases.
Too Many Cooks
Everyone knows that too many cooks spoil the broth, but you'd hardly expect it to lead to murder. But that's exactly what's on the menu at a five-star gathering of the world's greatest chefs. As guest of honor, Wolfe was lured from his brownstone to a posh southern spa to deliver the keynote address. He never expected that between courses of haute cuisine he and Archie would be compelled to detect a killer with a poison touch--a killer preparing to serve the great detective his last supper.
Champgne for One
Faith Usher talked about taking her own life and even kept cyanide in her purse. So when she died from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone called it suicide--including the police. But Nero Wolfe isn't convinced--and neither is Archie. Especially when Wolfe is warned by four men against taking the case. Deception, blackmail, and a killer who may have pulled off the perfect crime...it's a challenge Nero Wolfe can't resist.

Three Witnesses (Paperback): Rex Stout Three Witnesses (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R208 R158 Discovery Miles 1 580 Save R50 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Three witnesses hold all the clues in three crimes of passion that have even the great Nero Wolfe guessing to the very end. A dead million comes back to life, only to wind up dead again; a black Labrador retriever becomes a killer's worst enemy; and an answering service with three untalkative operators may mean an innocent man will get the chair.

The Rubber Band/The Red Box 2-in-1 (Paperback): Rex Stout The Rubber Band/The Red Box 2-in-1 (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R475 R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Save R103 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction's greatest detectives. Here, in Stout's third and fourth complete Wolfe mysteries, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, solve two of their most baffling cases.
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The Rubber Band "
What do a Wild West lynching and a respected English nobleman have in common? On the surface, absolutely nothing. But when a young woman hires his services, it becomes Nero Wolfe's job to look deeper and find the connection. A forty-year-old pact, a five-thousand-mile search, and a million-dollar murder are all linked to an international scandal that could rebound on the great detective and his partner, Archie, with fatal abruptness.
"The Red Box"
Murder by chocolate? That's the premise Nero Wolfe must operate from when a beautiful woman is poisoned after indulging in a box of candy. It's a case that the great detective--no stranger himself to overindulgence--is loath to take for a variety of reasons, including that it may require that he leave his comfortable brownstone. But he and Archie are compelled by a mystery that mixes high fashion and low motives...and a killer who may have made the deadliest mistake.

Nero Wolfe - The Archie Goodwin Files (Paperback): Marvin Kaye Nero Wolfe - The Archie Goodwin Files (Paperback)
Marvin Kaye; From an idea by Rex Stout
R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since 1977, The Wolfe Pack has published "The Gazette," chockful of articles and tales of America's greatest sleuth, Nero Wolfe, who prefers beer and orchids to working at his West 35th Street brownstone. But thanks to Wolfe's wisecracking associate Archie Goodwin and his agent REX STOUT, Wolfe's seventy-two cases are mystery classics. NERO WOLFE: THE ARCHIE GOODWIN FILES is a new selection of Neronian delights carefully picked from over twenty-five years of The Gazette by veteran anthologist, novelist, and charter member of The Wolfe Pack Marvin Kaye.

Black Orchids/The Silent Speaker - Nero Wolfe Mysteries (Paperback): Rex Stout Black Orchids/The Silent Speaker - Nero Wolfe Mysteries (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R491 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R68 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A NERO WOLFE SPECIAL EDITION--TWO COMPLETE MYSTERIES IN ONE VOLUME
"Nero Wolfe towers over his rivals...he is an exceptional character creation." --"New Yorker" A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction's greatest detectives. In this double helping of classic Nero Wolfe mysteries, Stout presents the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, with a pair of delectable murders that no connoisseur of the whodunit could possibly resist.
BLACK ORCHIDS
Not much can get Wolfe to leave his comfortable brownstone, but the showing of a rare black orchid lures him to a flower show. Unfortunately, the much-anticipated event is soon overshadowed by a murder as daring as it is sudden. It's a case of weeding out a cunning killer who can turn up anywhere--and Wolfe must do it quickly. Because a second case awaits his urgent attention: a society widow on a mailing list of poison-pen letters leading to a plot as dark as any orchid Wolfe has ever encountered.
THE SILENT SPEAKER
When a government power broker scheduled to speak before an influential group of millionaires turns up dead, Nero Wolfe grudgingly takes the case--even as his own financial affairs teeter toward ruin. Soon a second victim is discovered, a missing stenographer's tape causes a panic, and a dead man speaks, after a fashion. As the business world demands answers, the great detective baits a trap to net a killer worth his weight in gold.

The Second Cofession (Paperback): Rex Stout The Second Cofession (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R239 R183 Discovery Miles 1 830 Save R56 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A millionaire businessman hires Nero Wolfe to snoop on his daughter's boyfriend. It seems like a simple case. Then a powerful gangland boss tries to convince Wolfe to drop the matter by shooting up his orchid room. The great detective soon finds himself in a highly complex case involving drugged drinks, man-killing debutantes and a decidedly un-American party.

Double for Death (Paperback): Rex Stout Double for Death (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R530 R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Save R55 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Please Pass the Guilt (Paperback): Rex Stout Please Pass the Guilt (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R472 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R56 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Might as Well Be Dead (Paperback): Rex Stout Might as Well Be Dead (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R493 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R53 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened Men (Paperback): Rex Stout Fer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened Men (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R477 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Save R85 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction's greatest detectives. Here, in Stout's first two complete Wolfe mysteries, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town Archie Goodwin solve their most baffling cases.
Fer-de-lance
The fer-de-lance is among the most deadly snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, his partner, Archie Goodwin, suspects it means Wolfe is getting close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. But this is a case with more twists than an angry rattler...and if Wolfe doesn't handle it with extreme care, he'll be the next one struck by a killer with poison in his heart.
The League of Frightened Men
Paul Chapin's Harvard cronies never forgave themselves for the hazing prank that left their friend a cripple. Yet they believed that Paul himself had forgiven them--until a class reunion ends in death and a series of poems promising more of the same. Now this league of frightened men is desperate for Nero Wolfe's help. But can even the great detective outwit a killer smart enough to commit an unseen murder...in plain sight?

Under the Andes: Rex Stout Under the Andes
Rex Stout
R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Final Deduction (Paperback): Rex Stout The Final Deduction (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R455 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R88 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

When high-society kidnapping unexpectedly turns to very seamy murder, all concerned turn to the great detective, Nero Wolfe, for the missing piece in the puzzle. A missing typewriter, a mysterious ransom note--and a beautiful corpse. Step into the unassuming Thirty-fifth Street brownstone, and join in the astounding exploits of Nero Wolfe. Marvel at his daily beer consumption, his unsurpassed appetite, the incredible expanse of his yellow silk pajamas. Bear witness to his unwavering, often infuriating addiction to fine foods, good books, beautiful orchids and custom-made chairs. Empathize with his confidential assistant Archie Goodwin, archetypal private eye and man of action, whose primary function is prodding his immense employer into motion. See for yourself why, through a hundred million copies and seventy-two cases, the adventures of America's largest private detective and his extended family continue to captivate and enthrall readers around the world. Discover Nero Wolfe--the greatest detective of them all. "It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore."--The New York Times Book Review

Death Times Three (Paperback): Rex Stout Death Times Three (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Under the Andes: Rex Stout Under the Andes
Rex Stout
R964 Discovery Miles 9 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mother Hunt (Paperback): Rex Stout Mother Hunt (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R213 R164 Discovery Miles 1 640 Save R49 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When a baby is abandonded on the doorstep of a young socialite widow, the woman thinks she knows the identity of the father: her deceased writer husband, the cad But who is the mother? Reluctantly, Nero Wolfe accepts the case, and Archie identifies the first clue: unusual buttons on the baby's overalls.

Nero Wolfe - The Archie Goodwin Files (Hardcover): Marvin Kaye Nero Wolfe - The Archie Goodwin Files (Hardcover)
Marvin Kaye; From an idea by Rex Stout
R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Under the Andes (Paperback): Srp Under the Andes (Paperback)
Srp; Rex Stout
R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Justice Ends at Home and Warner & Wife (Paperback): Rex Stout Justice Ends at Home and Warner & Wife (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R341 Discovery Miles 3 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

ustice Ends at Home was originally published in the Pulp magazine All-Story Weekly. It is both a legal thriller and a detective story. All scholars of Stout's work agree that its main characters, the phlegmatic, middle-aged Simon Leg and his youthful assistant Dan Culp, are Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin already living, perhaps subconsiouly, in the mind of Rex Stout eighteen years before Fer-de-Lance was written. Warner & Wife was originally published in January 30, 1915 issue of the Pulp magazine All-Story Cavalier Weekly. It is sort of a legal thriller, the story of a partnership fifteen years in the making. This is one of the novella length stories written by Rex Stout for the Pulps almost two decades before Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin were born.

Bitter End and The Last Drive (Paperback): Rex Stout Bitter End and The Last Drive (Paperback)
Rex Stout
R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bitter End, the first novella length adventure featuring Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, appeared in the November 1940 issue of The American Magazine. The story, which is dark and complex, explores the family, business and personal relationships of the owners and employees of a specialty food manufacturer. Wolfe has a personal encounter with one of their products that has been poisoned and feels compelled to investigate Before there was Nero Wolfe there were others, detectives such a Canby Rankin, Dol Bonner, and Tecumseh who paved the road for the most famous of Stout's detectives. The Last Drive features Canby Rankin, the "Southerner who had turned detective," in a story serialized in Golfers Magazine. The story can be viewed as a precursor of Fer-de-Lance, the first Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin novel-length mystery, in the sense that the device used here is almost identical to the murder weapon at the center of Fer-de-Lance.

Under the Andes (Paperback): Srp Under the Andes (Paperback)
Srp; Rex Stout
R375 Discovery Miles 3 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Last Drive - And Other Stories (Paperback): Rex Stout The Last Drive - And Other Stories (Paperback)
Rex Stout; Edited by Ira Brad Matetsky
R577 R509 Discovery Miles 5 090 Save R68 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Eleven early tales of mystery, murder, and mayhem from the creator of Nero Wolfe. When Colonel Phillips begins his final game of golf, his greatest problem in life is that he has begun to slice the ball. Playing with his lawyer and nephews, Phillips fights his way back into the game and is on the verge of victory when he keels over. He clutches his chest, mumbles a few words, and is dead in minutes. The doctor has no doubt: The colonel was poisoned. Finding the culprit falls to the president of the golf club, amateur detective Canby Rankin, who will do whatever it takes to find the killer on the links. Written nearly a century ago, "The Last Drive" is now available for the first time in book form. Clever, charming, and absolutely baffling, it is the tale that inspired the first Nero Wolfe novel, Fer-de-Lance, and along with the other stories in this volume represents the early efforts of a modern genius.

The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 4 No. 3) (Paperback): Guy M Townsend The Mystery Fancier (Vol. 4 No. 3) (Paperback)
Guy M Townsend; Contributions by Rex Stout
R211 Discovery Miles 2 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Mystery Fancier May-June 1980, Volume 4 Number 3, contains: "The Nero Wolfe Saga, Part XIX," by Guy M. Townsend, "Vladimir Gull," by Theodore P. Dukeshire and "Spy Series Characters in Hardback, Part II," by George Kelley.

Paperback Quarterly (Vol. 2 No. 4) Winter 1979 (Paperback): Billy C. Lee, Charlotte Laughlin Paperback Quarterly (Vol. 2 No. 4) Winter 1979 (Paperback)
Billy C. Lee, Charlotte Laughlin; Contributions by Rex Stout
R211 Discovery Miles 2 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Paperback Quarterly, Journal of the American Paperback Institute, Volume 2 Number 4, Winter 1979, contains: "The Saint Mystery Library," by M. C. Hill, "Rex Stout in the Dell Mapbacks," by Bill Lyles, "The Bonibooks," by Peter Manesis, "Paperback Bodies," by Bill Crider and "Selling Culture with Paperback Covers," by Mark Schaffer.

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