A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Rachel Bruner wants Wolfe to stop the FBI from spying on her. In order to do that, Wolfe needs to solve a murder that's flummoxed the NYPD for two months, as well.

A last minute invitation to a dinner for unwed mothers, lands Archie in the middle of a murder. Or is it a suicide?

A last minute invitation to a dinner for unwed mothers, lands Archie in the middle of a murder. Or is it a suicide?

Priscilla Eades tries to convince Wolfe to let her hide out in his house until after her twenty-fifth birthday. When Wolfe refuses, she leaves and is murdered.

Priscilla Eades tries to convince Wolfe to let her hide out in his house until after her twenty-fifth birthday. When Wolfe refuses, she leaves and is murdered.

A necktie carelessly left on Wolfe's desk, by Wolfe, is the weapon of choice for a murderer who kills a woman in Wolfe's office.

When a garden club invades the brownstone to admire Wolfe's orchids, a murderer is there as well. A young woman who asks Archie for help to is found dead in Wolfe's office and Wolfe must solve the case to get his office unsealed by the police.

Wolfe's desire for an orchid minder to help while Theodore is away, sends him out of the brownstone and to the wilds of Westchester County to find Andy Kriscki. Unfortunately, he also finds a murdered girl in Krisicki's greenhouse and must prove Andy's innocence.

Nero Wolfe is stunned when Archie Goodwin reveals evidence of his impending engagement. However, Archie is no less shocked when accompanying his so-called fiancée to a Christmas party by the murder of their host.

Archie discovers Nero has a daughter who is entangled in a murder at a fencing studio.

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

When Archie does a private eye associate a favor and tries to recover his P.I. license from a blackmailing girlfriend, he finds the ex-showgirl bludgeoned to death.

Wolfe defies a summons to testify against a man he believes innocent and incurs a contempt of court charge hunting for evidence to cast reasonable doubt on the case against him.

A murdered man's dog, who has attached himself to Archie and been accepted at the Wolfe brownstone, provides a vital clue to solving his master's murder.

Archie stands accused in the murder of a man delivering corn because both of them were rivals for the affections of the farmer's daughter.

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

At the annual meeting of Wolfe's gourmet society, Ten for Aristology, one of the members is poisoned, and Wolfe suspects one of the beautiful servers of the crime.

When a philandering womanizer with a lavish secret love nest penthouse is found murdered, Wolfe finds he has almost as many clients as suspects.

When a philandering womanizer with a lavish secret love nest penthouse is found murdered, Wolfe finds he has almost as many clients as suspects.

A notorious gangster hires Wolfe to protect his real daughter, who is unaware of who her father is, and stop the woman impersonating his daughter from blackmailing him.

Wolfe hires a look-alike double to stand in for him after he receives a death threat, the exact same threat that was carried out earlier against a potential Wolfe client.

In post-War America, where shortages are common, the Bureau of Price Regulations is a very controversial organization, and when its leader is murdered, Wolfe takes the case.

In post-War America, where shortages are common, the Bureau of Price Regulations is a very controversial organization, and when its leader is murdered, Wolfe takes the case.

Two illegal immigrant barbershop workers, fearful of a police detective investigating a hit-and-run, flee to seek refuge with Wolfe and Goodwin. When Goodwin investigates on their behalf, he discovers the detective has been murdered.

Arriving at a remote lodge at the request of the State Department and a South American diplomat, a reluctant Wolfe prepares to cook trout for an oil tycoon's fishing party when Archie discovers one of the men dead in the river.