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The Second Confession is a detective novel by American author Rex Stout, featuring the character Nero Wolfe.The book was first published by the Viking Press in 1949. The story was also collected in other omnibus volumes, including Triple Zeck (Viking 1974).
Some Buried Caesar is a detective novel by American writer Rex Stout, the sixth book featuring his character Nero Wolfe.The story first appeared in abridged form in The American Magazine (December 1938), under the title "The Red Bull", it was first published as a novel by Farrar & Rinehart in 1939.
In The Black Mountain, Nero Wolfe's oldest friend and fellow Montenegrin Marko Vukcic is murdered by a Yugoslavian agent who has already made his escape from New York. . Without hesitation, Wolfe is compelled to go back to his homeland to avenge Marko's death and bring the killer back to American justice; this desire is intensified by the news that Carla Britten, Wolfe's adopted daughter, has ...
Issued in a red, black and white dust wrapper. … The binding of this title was a textured cardboard designed to resemble cloth; the book club edition has a smoother texture." [2] In April 2006, Firsts: The Book Collector's Magazine estimated that the first edition of Three Men Out had a value of between $200 and $350. The estimate is for a ...
Book club editions are sometimes thinner and always taller (usually a quarter of an inch) than first editions. Book club editions are bound in cardboard, and first editions are bound in cloth (or have at least a cloth spine). [9] 1961, London: Collins Crime Club, August 3, 1961, hardcover; 1962, London, Ontario: Macmillan, 1962, hardcover
Triple Jeopardy is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1952. Itself collected in the omnibus volume Kings Full of Aces (Viking 1969), the book comprises three stories that first appeared in The American Magazine:
In North America, A Nero Wolfe Mystery is available on Region 1 DVD from A&E Home Video (ISBN 076708893X). "Prisoner's Base" is divided into two parts as originally broadcast on A&E. [4] "Prisoner's Base" is one of the Nero Wolfe episodes released on Region 4 DVD in Australia by Magna Pacific, under license by FremantleMedia Enterprises.
Nero Wolfe is referred to in Ian Fleming's book On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), by the character M while in conversation with James Bond who acknowledges that he is a fan. [ 72 ] Nero Wolfe is a character who appears in George Alec Effinger 's book When Gravity Fails (1986), along with the character of James Bond .