Books written by Rex Stout

Target Practice

Included here are “Secrets,” Stout’s first mystery, “Target Practice,” a story of World War I, and “Justice Ends at Home,” whose main characters will look very familiar to fans of Nero and Archie.
Target Practice

Mysteriously zapped thousands of years into the future, a teenaged Cleopatra discovers that she is destined to save the galaxy, a prophecy that compels her to enrol in a high-tech school where she can learn modern subjects, alien languages, ...
Trio for Blunt Instruments

If Nero Wolfe and his sidekick, Archie, would ever admit to an Achilles' heel-which they wouldn't-it would be a weakness for damsels in distress.
In the Best Families

Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.
Three Witnesses

Three witnesses hold all the clues in three crimes of passion that have even Nero Wolfe guessing to the very end.
Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body
Before Nero Wolfe (Illustrated): Justice Ends at Home and The Last Drive

- This book contains "Justice ends at Home" and "The Last Drive," two stories that foreshadow the characters and the stories of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
The Red Box

A lovely woman is dead, and the fortunes of overextended theatrical producer Llewellyn Frost depend on solving the mystery of the red box: two pounds of candied fruits, nuts and creams, covered with chocolate—and laced with potassium ...
The Nero Wolfe Mystery Series: The Zeck Trilogy: And Be a Villain, The Second Confession, In the Best Families

Featuring a new introduction by the head of Rex Stout’s literary society (“The Wolfe Pack”) and a letter from Stout’s daughter, this ebook bundle is the thrilling legacy of a grand master of the mystery novel. “It’s always a ...
Family Affair

Never before in the Nero Wolfe books has Rex Stout shown us the extremes to which the greatest detective in the world can be pushed, but never before has a bomb blown up in the old brownstone on West 35th Street, murdering someone right ...
Fer-de-Lance

As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man.
The Golden Spiders

And why have the last two people to hire him been ruthlessly murdered? Wolfe suspects the answers may lie in the story of a twelve-year-old boy who turns up at the door of his West Thirty-fifth Street brownstone.
The Second Confession

Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.
Plot It Yourself

But when punctuation gives way to puncture, Wolfe knows this is no simple case of extortion. This time he'll need all the critical skills at his disposal to close the book on a killer well versed on the ABCs of murder.
The Doorbell Rang

Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.
Too Many Cooks

World-class cuisine, charming company . . . The secret ingredient is poison. Everyone knows that too many cooks spoil the broth, but you'd hardly expect it to lead to murder.
The Red Box: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

The Red Box: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Trouble in Triplicate

Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.
Prisoner's Base

“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery.
The Nero Wolfe Cookbook

A one-of-its-kind, high-cuisine cookbook that reproduces authentic recipes for many of the fine dishes mentioned in Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries.