Rex Stout (1886–1975)

Author of Fer-de-Lance

329+ Works 45,700 Members 961 Reviews 186 Favorited

About the Author

Author Rex Stout was born on December 1, 1886. A child prodigy with a gift for mathematics, Stout drifted as he became an adult, holding odd jobs in many places---cook, cabinetmaker, bellhop, hotel manager, salesman, bookkeeper, and even a guide in a pueblo. But his true talent lay in storytelling; show more he sold his first story, about William Howard Taft, in 1912. His most famous creation is Nero Wolfe, a 286-pound detective genius who, with sidekick Archie Goodwin, can often solve a case without leaving his room. It is the way in which the puzzle is solved that intrigues Nero Wolfe, who is much like Sherlock Holmes in his ability to use deductive reasoning. More than 60 million copies (in 24 languages) of Stout's books have been sold. Stout writes quickly, drawing upon a lifetime of impressions. He neither uses an outline nor revises; he lets his characters take over as the story develops. The classy, erudite Nero Wolfe presents for readers an alternative to the hard-boiled branch of the genre. He died on October 27, 1975 (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Staut R., Rex Stoud, Rex Stout, Rex Stout, Rex Stout, Rex Scout, Rex Stout, Rex Stour, Rex Stoot, rex st0ut, Nero Wolfe, Rex Strout, Rex Stoudt, Rex Stourt, Reks Staut, Rex. Stoux, by Rex Stout, Rex). (Stout, Рекс Стаут, Rex Todhunter Stout, Рекс Стаут

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Series

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe: Arnold Zeck Trilogy

Tecumseh Fox

Policial - Edição "Mundo de Aventuras"

Works by Rex Stout

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Fer-de-Lance (1934) 1,860 copies

The Doorbell Rang (1965) 1,380 copies

Some Buried Caesar (1939) 1,209 copies

Black Orchids (1942) 1,149 copies

And Be a Villain (1948) 1,058 copies

Over My Dead Body (1940) 1,042 copies

The Golden Spiders (1953) 1,041 copies

The League of Frightened Men (1935) 1,033 copies

The Silent Speaker (1946) 995 copies

Too Many Cooks (1938) 989 copies

Champagne for One (1958) 966 copies

In the Best Families (1950) 959 copies

The Second Confession (1949) 930 copies

Prisoner's Base (1952) 909 copies

Death of a Doxy (1966) 902 copies

The Mother Hunt (Nero Wolfe, defend yourself!) (1963) 902 copies

A Right to Die (1964) 891 copies

Not Quite Dead Enough (1944) 868 copies

Murder by the Book (1951) 855 copies

The Rubber Band (1936) 818 copies

And Four to Go (1958) 814 copies

The Red Box (1937) 805 copies

Three Doors to Death (1950) 800 copies

Three for the Chair (1957) 799 copies

Before Midnight (1955) 795 copies

Might As Well Be Dead (1956) 784 copies

Plot It Yourself (1959) 781 copies

Three Witnesses (1956) 767 copies

Homicide Trinity (1962) 761 copies

Where There's a Will (1940) 758 copies

Death of a Dude (1969) 746 copies

The Black Mountain (1954) 736 copies

Trouble in Triplicate (1949) 735 copies

The Father Hunt (1968) 730 copies

Gambit (1962) 697 copies

Trio for Blunt Instruments (1964) 684 copies

A Family Affair (1975) 683 copies

The Final Deduction (1955) 672 copies

If Death Ever Slept (1957) 667 copies

Please Pass the Guilt (1973) 660 copies

Three at Wolfe's Door (1960) 648 copies

Too Many Women (1947) 644 copies

Too Many Clients (1960) 625 copies

Curtains for Three (1950) 582 copies

Three Men Out (1954) 578 copies

Triple Jeopardy (1952) 569 copies

Death Times Three (1985) 567 copies

Red Threads (1939) 308 copies

Double for Death (1939) 301 copies

The Nero Wolfe Cookbook (1969) 289 copies

The Hand in the Glove (1937) 286 copies

Nero Wolfe Mysteries: Fer-de-Lance / The League of Frightened Men (1992) 281 copies

The Broken Vase (1941) 271 copies

Bad for Business (1940) 242 copies

The Mountain Cat Murders (1939) 232 copies

Nero Wolfe Mysteries: The Rubber Band / The Red Box (1936) 227 copies

Sound of Murder, The (1941) 202 copies

Nero Wolfe Mysteries: Some Buried Caesar / The Golden Spiders (1938) 199 copies

Seven Complete Nero Wolfe Novels (1983) 194 copies

Triple Zeck: A Nero Wolfe Omnibus (1974) 162 copies

Nero Wolfe Mysteries: Too Many Cooks / Champagne for One (1938) 126 copies

Under the Andes (1984) 124 copies

Her Forbidden Knight (1913) 123 copies

Three Aces: Too Many Clients / Might as Well be Dead / The Final Deduction (1971) 120 copies

A Prize for Princes (1994) 105 copies

Omnibus 1955: Full House (1955) 105 copies

Three Trumps; A Nero Wolfe Omnibus: The Black Mountain/ If Death Ever Slept/ Before Midnight (1955) 103 copies

The President Vanishes (1967) 99 copies

Nero Wolfe Mysteries: Black Orchids / The Silent Speaker (2009) 93 copies

Two Nero Wolfe Mysteries: Not Quite Dead Enough and Booby Trap (1944) 83 copies

Target Practice (1998) 83 copies

The Nero Wolf Primer: And Be A Villain / Black Orchids / Champagne for One (1952) 75 copies

Omnibus 1961: Five of a Kind (The Third Nero Wolfe Omnibus) (1961) 67 copies

Omnibus 1958: All Aces (1947) 67 copies

Kings Full of Aces: A Nero Wolfe Omnibus (1969) 57 copies

An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories (2000) 57 copies

How Like a God (1961) 52 copies

Bitter End (The First Nero Wolfe Novella) (1997) 45 copies

Royal Flush: A Nero Wolfe Omnibus (1965) 44 copies

The First Rex Stout Omnibus: Featuring Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin (1975) 40 copies

Merry Murder (1994) 39 copies

The Great Legend (1997) 39 copies

Justice Ends At Home and Other Stories (1977) 38 copies

Murder on the Menu (1984) 32 copies

Cordially Invited to Meet Death [novella] (1942) 25 copies

Christmas Party [novella] (1957) 22 copies

The Nero Wolfe Omnibus: The Red Box / The League of Frightened Men (1935) 22 copies

Seed on the Wind (1931) 19 copies

The Last Drive: And Other Stories (2015) 17 copies

Invitation to Murder #23.1 (1954) 16 copies

Not Quite Dead Enough: Booby Trap (1944) 16 copies

Black Orchids [novella] (1942) 16 copies

The Rex Stout Reader: Her Forbidden Knight and A Prize for Princes (2007) 14 copies

Who's Afraid of Nero Wolfe? Six Investigations in an Armchair (1971) 14 copies

The Illustrious Dunderheads (1942) 14 copies

Door to Death [novella] (1949) 14 copies

Where there's a will; Too many women; A right to die (1984) 13 copies

Disguise for Murder (1999) 13 copies

Nero Wolfe: il profumo del delitto (1989) 13 copies

Die Like a Dog [novella] (1954) 12 copies

Omnibus: The Golden Spiders / The Final Deduction / The Doorbell Rang (1982) 11 copies

Corsage: A Bouquet of Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe (1977) 11 copies

Obras selectas, tomo 3. La segunda confesión ; Orquídeas negras ; Trío de asesinatos (1984) 11 copies

In the Pulps - 26 Short Stories (2013) 10 copies

Trouble in Triplicate: Help Wanted, Male (1949) 10 copies

When a Man Murders [novella] (1954) 9 copies

Three Men Out: This Won't Kill You (1952) 9 copies

A Nero Wolfe Casebook (1992) 8 copies

Immune to Murder [novella] (1955) 8 copies

Verwünschte Geschichten (1963) 8 copies

The Cop-Killer (1994) 8 copies

Fourth of July Picnic (1957) 8 copies

Io, Nero Wolfe (1989) 8 copies

Omit Flowers (1948) 7 copies

Der geflügelte Revolver. Sechs Kriminalgeschichten (K-Reihe) (1987) 7 copies

Forest Fire 7 copies

Murder is No Joke (1958) 7 copies

L'eccellentissimo Nero Wolfe (1980) 7 copies

Omnibus: Three Witnesses / Over My Dead Body / Some Buried Caesar (1984) 7 copies

Too Many Detectives [novella] (1956) 7 copies

Fer-de-Lance / The red box / The Second Confession (1984) 7 copies

Nine Short Stories (2012) 6 copies

Death Times Three: Frame up for Murder (1985) 6 copies

Doctor Cinderella (Mr Cinderella) (1938) 6 copies

Before Nero Wolfe (Annotated and Illustrated): Justice Ends at Home and The Last Drive (2018) 6 copies

Fair Play: Short Stories Collection (1997) 6 copies

Three at Wolfe's Door: Method Three for Murder (1960) 6 copies

Nero Wolfe´s mörderische Delikatessen. (1982) 5 copies

Nero Wolfe: Private Eye (1998) 5 copies

Instead of Evidence (1999) 5 copies

The Adventures of Nero Wolfe (2000) 5 copies

Kultaiset hämähäkit. Keihäskäärme (1993) 5 copies

Three at Wolfe's Door: Poison à la Carte [novella] (1960) 5 copies

Das Beste von Nero Wolfe (1994) 5 copies

The Rodeo Murder (1960) 5 copies

Das Fenster für den Tod (1965) 5 copies

A Window for Death [novella] (1956) 5 copies

Verworrene Fäden (1966) 5 copies

Death of a Demon (1961) 5 copies

Der Gutenacht Krimi mit Nero Wolfe (1991) 5 copies

The Gun With Wings [short fiction] (1987) 5 copies

The Squirt and the Monkey [novella] (1951) 5 copies

Home to Roost 5 copies

Curtains for Three: Bullet for One (1951) 5 copies

Death in two installments (1965) 5 copies

Counterfeit for Murder (1961) 5 copies

Rue Morgue No. 1 (1946) 4 copies

Der Fluch Der Bösen Tat: Drei Erzählungen (1989) 4 copies

A tavola con Nero Wolfe (2005) 4 copies

And be a villain; The silent speaker; The league of frightened men (1982) 4 copies

Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (1956) — Editor & Introduction — 4 copies

The Zero Clue (1953) 4 copies

Die rote Schatulle / Nur über meine Leiche / Sogar in den besten Familien. (1990) 4 copies

Easter Parade (1957) 4 copies

Two Nero Wolfe Mysteries: The Golden Spiders & Murder by the Book (2011) 4 copies

Wenn ein Mann mordet (1965) 4 copies

Over My Dead Body (Annotated): A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2018) 4 copies

Five seconds before dying #14 (1949) 4 copies

The World Series Murder [novella] (2013) 4 copies

The Next Witness [novella] (1955) 4 copies

Watson Was A Woman [Illustrated] (1983) 4 copies

Two Nero Wolfe Mysteries, Volume Two: Over My Dead Body and Prisoners Base (2012) 3 copies

Nella Serra Del Crimine. Altre avventure di Nero Wolfe (1969) 3 copies

Man Alive {short story} (1947) 3 copies

By His Own Hand 3 copies

Bitter End and The Last Drive (2018) 3 copies

Trouble in Triplicate: Before I Die (1949) 3 copies

Tod eines Dämons / Ene mene Mörder mo. (1965) 3 copies

The Last Drive: A Golfing Mystery (2016) 3 copies

Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin & company 3 copies

Demasiadas mujeres (1981) 3 copies

Prisoner's Base (1986) 3 copies

Set of Rex Stout Mysteries. 4 Books (1981) 3 copies

Jedermanns Bombe - Kennzeichen wilde Rose - Tödliche Zigarren: Drei Nero Wolfe Krimis zur Fernsehserie in einem… (1983) 3 copies

La segunda confesión. Orquideas negras. Trio de asesinatos. (1985) 3 copies

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe: The Case of the Midnight Ride and Other Tales [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction) (2010) 3 copies

Rex Stout's mystery quarterly, no. 1 (May 1945) 3 copies

Trio for Blunt Instruments: Kill Now—Pay Later (1964) 3 copies

The Gun With Wings / Too Many Detectives (1956) 2 copies

Un derecho a morir (1981) 2 copies

Nero Wolfe a cena col delitto (1973) 2 copies

Entra la morte. Le inchieste di Nero Wolfe 2 copies

Crimini e ricette: a tavola con Nero Wolfe (2013) 2 copies

Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin: Nove volte delitto 2 copies

The Second Confession - Three Witnesses (1968) 2 copies

Too many cooks (2022) 2 copies

Nello studio di Nero Wolfe 2 copies

Třikrát Nero Wolfe. Příliš mnoho kuchařů. Liga vyděšených. Zlatí pavouci 2 copies

Rare Rex Stout UNDER THE ANDES 1984 Penzler Books, NY First Edition HC/DJ — Author — 2 copies

a cena col delitto 2 copies

Rex Stout Collection (2013) 2 copies

Tři případy pěstitele orchidejí (2002) 2 copies

Rex Stout Mystery Monthly No. 6 (October 1946) 2 copies

Trio for Blunt Instruments: Blood Will Tell (1964) 2 copies

Drei Nero-Wolfe-Krimis zur Fernseh-Serie. (1983) 2 copies

Death Times Three: Assault on a Brownstone 2 copies

Rex Stout's Mystery Monthly Magazine (No. 9) 2 copies

O CULPADO QUE SE APRESENTE 1 copy

CRIMES EM SÉRIE 1 copy

DUPLO CRIME NA RÁDIO 1 copy

Die Like a Dog - Visus, išskyrus šunį, - į policiją 1 copy

CRIME NO CLUBE DE XADREZ 1 copy

TRÊS CASOS DE ASSSSÍNIO 1 copy

A MILIONÁRIA PERSEGUIDA 1 copy

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine — Editor — 1 copy

O DIREITO DE MORRER 1 copy

TRINDADE HOMOCIDA 1 copy

Booby Trap: A Nero Wolfe mystery 1 copy

Booby Trap: A Nero Wolfe Novella 1 copy

The Doorbell Rang (1965) 1 copy

Černé orchideje 1 copy

Plagiat 1 copy

Primavera gialla '75: [15 racconti 1 copy

REX STOUT OBRAS SELECTAS (TOMO 23 EN COLECCIÓN) 1 copy

Un roman a tué 1 copy

Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin: Nove Volte Delitto (Orchidee nere; Trappola esplosiva; Nero Wolfe è in pericolo; Lunga… 1 copy

Nero Wolfe Archie Goodwin & Company (Nero Wolfe, discolpati; Non ti fidare; Champane per uno; Nero Wolfe non abbaia ma… 1 copy

Io, Nero Wolfe: cinque inchieste nella 35a strada (Nero Wolfe fa la spia; Nero Wolfe e il caso Fyfe; Nero Wolfe: Natale… 1 copy

Rex Stout, Nero Wolfe, 3 books hardcover with jacket, Three at Wolfe's door, Death of a Dude, Too Many Clients 1 copy

Nero Wolfe: inchieste di famiglia: i quattro cantoni, Peggio che morto 1 copy

Rex Stout PRISONER'S BASE Nero Wolfe Novel 1952 Viking Press, NY First Edition 1 copy

Toque de campainha, Um 1 copy

La moglie perduta — Author — 1 copy

CRIMES IMPERFEITOS 1 copy

HOMICÍDIO NAS TERMAS 1 copy

Novelas escogidas. Aguilar. 1980. 1 copy

OS CRIMES DO ESTRANGULADOR ENLUVADO 1 copy

Mystery Trilogy 1 copy

Corsage 1 copy

Nero Wolf e la pistola scomparsa 1 copy

Novelas escogidas 1 copy

Picada mortal e Cozinheiros a mais 1 copy

O Caso do Testamento e O Cadáver que não se calou 1 copy

Duplo Crime na Rádio e Caçada ao Dr. X 1 copy

Problemas a triplicar e Três mistérios 1 copy

O Livro Assassino e Três Testemunhas 1 copy

A vida por um fio e Crimes e mais crimes 1 copy

Morte em três actos e Onde está a Mãe? 1 copy

A Morte Bateu à Porta e Onde Está o Pai? 1 copy

O O Culpado que se Apresente e Um Caso Familiar 1 copy

Nero Wolf vince la partita 1 copy

Nero Wolf non abbaia ma morde 1 copy

Nero Wolf discolpati 1 copy

Nero Wolf apre la porta del delitto 1 copy

Nero Wolf non crede agli alibi 1 copy

Ellery Queen's Mysterie Magazine 5 1 copy

Nero Wolf: Natale di morte 1 copy

Nero Wolf e il caso Fyfe 1 copy

Nero Wolf fa la spia 1 copy

Testament 1 copy

Caso em Família 1 copy

Kolm seiklust 1 copy

Theo Drake 1 copy

A Quadrilha De Rubber E Por Cima Do Meu Cadáver (1996) 1 copy

Tome 1: Les années 1930 - 1939 : Fer de lance - Les compagnons de la peur - La bande élastique - La… (1996) 1 copy

A Cadeia de Crimes 1 copy

Caso do Testamento, O/ Cadáver que não se Calou, O (1996) 1 copy

Nero Wolfe Mystery: Prisoner's Base Parts 1 & 2 (2001 TV episodes) (2001) — Author — 1 copy

Ullstein-Kriminalmagazin 1 1 copy

Rose Orchid 1 copy

Stout Rex 1 copy

Dol Bonner: The Hand in the Glove 1 copy

Too Many Cooks Recipe Box 1 copy

Golden Remedy 1 copy

Tungviktare sökes 1 copy

The Blood No One Could See / Turn Murder / Don't Prank - Santa! (1976) 1 copy

Sensationelle opskrifter 1 copy

Nero Wolfes bomb 1 copy

I U NAJBOLJIM OBITELJIMA TRAG SVJETSKI KRIMINALISTICKI BESTSELERI BR. 267 (1989) 1 copy

Orchideen für 16 Mädchen. 4 CDs: Ein Fall für Nero Wolfe (2007) 1 copy

Demasiados cocineros; Muerte de un veraneante; No estaba bastante muerta 1 copy

Orquideas Negras; La Dama del velo 1 copy

Gun Puzzle 1 copy

I Romanzi brevi di Rex Stout 3 1 copy

Le indagini di Nero Wolfe: Non abbastanza morta-Orchidee nere-Fer-de-lance (2015) 1 copy

ROMANZI 1 copy

O Careless Love 1 copy

Nero Wolfe Collection 1 copy

The American Magazine, December 193? 1 copy

Ronda di Natale [Tough Cop's Gift] 1 copy

Livsfarlig ingång 1 copy

An Agacella Or and a Tyrant Abdicates, as Published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (1914) 1 copy

The poisened needle 1 copy

Rex Stout 29 Book Box Set (26 from Nero Wolfe Series) (1934) 1 copy

The Red Box, a Nero Wolfe Novel, abridged, read by Saul Rubinek 1 copy

A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Season 2, Episode 06-07: The Mother Hunt 1 copy

Omnibus: Prisoner's Base / Too Many Clients / The Final Deduction 1 copy

Talíř plný jedu ; Postup číslo tři ; Vražda mezi kovboji (1999) 1 copy

Ďaľší svedok ; Jed na Bankete 1 copy

Privela žien ; V najlepších rodinách ; Smrť letného hosta 1 copy

Nero & Archie Incorporated - Giallo Mondadori n. 854 1 copy

Polowanie na matk@02DBe (1992) 1 copy

Dans la plus stricte intimité (Club des masques) (1976) 1 copy

Delitti in vacanza 1 copy

Warner & Wife (2014) 1 copy

Grim Fairy Tales 1 copy

Nella serra del crimine: altre avventure di Nero Wolfe 1 copy

Rex Stout Mystery Monthly No. 8 (May 1947) 1 copy

Novelas escogidas Tomo II 1 copy

Nero Wolfe e l'invulnerabile 1 copy

Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin e Company (1982) 1 copy

Era uma vez tre s homens (1999) 1 copy

LA SEGUNDA CONFESION. 1 copy

Rex Stout Mystery Quarterly No. 2 (August 1945) 1 copy

Nero Wolfe apre la porta del delitto . (1988) 1 copy

Kolm kadunukest : [lühiromaanid] (1998) 1 copy

Nero Wolfe, Fer de lance y otros (Grandes maestros del crimen y misterio 33) 1 copy

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine No. 3 (February 1946) (1946) 1 copy

Rex Stout Mystery Magazine No. 4 (March 1946) 1 copy

Rex Stout Mystery Monthly No. 7 (December 1946) 1 copy

Ici, radio new york (1988) 1 copy

Třikrát vražda 1 copy

In vacanza con l'assassino 1 copy

Likvideringslisten (1980) 1 copy

Nero Wolfe Omnibus, The 1 copy

unknown number and titles 1 copy

A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Season 1, Episode 07: Disguise For Murder 1 copy

Nero Wolf em Na Pista do Culpado 1 copy

The red wool thread 1 copy

For Tomorrow We Die 1 copy

Nero Wolfe på svag is Detektivroman 1 copy

Please Pass the Guilt (1973) 1 copy

Na toho už zapomeňte (1996) 1 copy

Schwarze Orchideen - 2 Kriminalerzählungen (1970) 1 copy

In the Pulps (Annotated): 31 Short Stories 1 copy

Mörder klopfen an die Tür 1 copy

In viaggio con Nero Wolfe. Tre romanzi (2003) 1 copy

The Complete Nero Wolfe: 33 Novels and 38 Novellas 1 copy

Собраине сочинений в тринадцати томах. Том второй 1 copy

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Associated Works

Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England and America (1984) — Contributor — 360 copies

Death on Deadline (1987) — series creator — 309 copies

The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (2013) — Contributor — 296 copies

A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volumes 1-2 (1957) — Contributor — 265 copies

Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 1 (1984) — Contributor — 196 copies

Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense (1988) — Contributor — 192 copies

A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volume 2 (1957) — Contributor — 188 copies

The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996) — Contributor — 181 copies

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked (1975) — Contributor — 167 copies

A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001) — Contributor — 154 copies

Ten Great Mysteries (1959) — Contributor — 107 copies

Murder for Christmas, Vol. 2 (1982) — Contributor — 87 copies

Mystery for Christmas and Other Stories: From Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1990) — Contributor — 73 copies

The Twelve Crimes of Christmas (1981) — Contributor — 62 copies

Murderous Schemes (1996) — Contributor — 59 copies

Baker's Dozen: 13 Short Mystery Novels (1987) — Contributor — 59 copies

14 Great Detective Stories (1949) — Contributor — 58 copies

Three Times Three: A Mystery Omnibus (1964) — Contributor — 57 copies

Detective Duos (1997) — Contributor — 52 copies

I Want My Mummy (1981) — Contributor — 41 copies

Nero Wolfe: The Complete Classic Whodunit Series [videorecording] (2006) — Original book — 31 copies

Murder Most Merry (2002) — Contributor — 30 copies

Ellery Queen's Anthology #30: Masters of Mystery (Fall/Winter 1975) (1975) — Contributor — 29 copies

Canine Crimes (1993) — Contributor — 28 copies

Vogue's First Reader (1942) — Contributor — 27 copies

Murder Most Delectable: Savory Tales of Culinary Crimes (2000) — Contributor — 27 copies

Nero Wolfe: The Complete First Season (2001) — Original book — 25 copies

Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Contributor — 20 copies

Lethal Black Book (1965) — Contributor — 18 copies

Best Detective Stories (1959) — Contributor — 17 copies

Cream of the Crime (1962) — Contributor — 13 copies

Great Tales of Crime and Detection (1992) — Contributor — 9 copies

Redselen i Deptford og andre studier i Sherlock Holmes (1980) — Contributor — 8 copies

Dolls Are Murder : a Mystery Writers of America Anthology (1957) — Contributor — 6 copies

The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde | Death Comes as the End | Not Quite Dead Enough (1944) — Author — 6 copies

Sorte orkideer : 13 korte kriminalromaner (1988) — Contributor — 6 copies

Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Contributor — 5 copies

The White Dress | The Silent Speaker | The Hollow (1946) 4 copies

Too Many Women | Night Walk | Draw the Curtain Close — Contributor — 4 copies

Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Contributor — 4 copies

Detective-verhalen — Contributor — 3 copies

Ellery Queen's Anthology #31: Giants of Mystery (Spring/Summer 1976) (1977) — Contributor — 3 copies

Detective-omnibus — Contributor — 3 copies

Best Detective Stories (Volume 2) (1964) — Contributor — 2 copies

Writer's Roundtable (1959) 2 copies

Nye detektivhistorier fra hele verden — Author, some editions — 2 copies

Great Stories of Detection (1960) — Contributor — 2 copies

Black Orchids | Tinsley's Bones | The Six Iron Spiders (1942) 2 copies

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The Mystery Book (1939) 1 copy

The Second Mystery Book (1940) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Stout, Rex Todhunter
Birthdate: 1886-12-01
Date of death: 1975-10-27
Burial location: Cremated
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Noblesville, Indiana, USA
Place of death: Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Places of residence: Noblesville, Indiana, USA (Birth)
Wakarusa, Kansas, USA
Paris, France
Danbury, Connecticut, USA
Education: University of Kansas, Lawrence
Occupations: bookkeeper
sight-seeing guide
bookstore salesman
stablehand
hotel manager
detective novelist
Relationships: Stout, Ruth (sister)
Wodehouse, P. G. (friend)
Organizations: Authors Guild
Mystery Writers of America
United States Navy
American Civil Liberties Union
Vanguard Press
Awards and honors: MWA Grand Master (1959)
Archie Goodwin Award (2005)
Short biography: After leaving the Navy in 1908, he became an itinerant bookkeeper and then worked as a sight-seeing guide, bookstore salesman, stablehand and hotel manager. Later he devised and implemented a school banking system which was installed in four hundred cities and towns throughout the country. In 1927 he retired from the world of finance and began writing. In 1941 he became chairman of the Writer's War Board, and in 1943 he was elected president of the Authors Guild. He was married to wife, Pola.

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Reviews

Trouble in triplicate by Rex Stout

These three Nero Wolfe novellas all have one thing in common: Wolfe’s client is murdered in each one (although technically he didn’t accept the victim as a client in the second novella). The novellas are out of order since the middle one takes place during World War II while Archie is in the army and assigned to Wolfe, while the first and last are set shortly after the war. The novella length works well for Wolfe stories. It’s long enough to allow the reader to consider multiple suspects for the murder, and the pace suits first-person narrator Archie’s repartee.… (more)

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cbl_tn | 18 other reviews | May 24, 2024 |

Death of a Dude (Nero Wolfe) by Rex Stout

The only Nero Wolfe book I couldn't finish; Stout took him out of environment and routine and it seemed awkward and uncomfortable at every turn. Didn't like new characters, storyline didn't flow, everything just plodded along until I was ready to burn the book 2/3 of the way through.

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Zmosslady | 16 other reviews | May 13, 2024 |

Death of a Dude by Rex Stout

Not one of Stout's best efforts. Although I really like Archie (far more than I do Wolfe), the emphasis on his romance with Lily was too much for a whole novel.
The puzzle itself was not as memorable as some, and the novelty is primarily the presence of Nero Wolfe at a Montana ranch.
According to the jacket blurb, Stout was an avid Western outdoorsman, which shows in the authentic setting.
It's just not the right place for our New Yorkers.

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