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Nero Wolfe (28): Three for the Chair by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1955-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

VI Wolfe sat in the rainbow chair in his room, leaning back, his eyes closed, his lips compressed, his fingers folded at the apex of his middle mound. I stood ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (17): Even in the Best Families by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1950-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 11 On my previous visit to Birchvale I had got the impression that Annabel Frey had her head on right side up, and her conduct that Monday evening strengthened ...
( Category: other November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (39): Trio for Blunt Instruments by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1963-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

4 At five minutes past nine that evening the three men whose names had had checkmarks in front of them in Kenneth Faber’s little notebook were in the office, waiting ...
( Category: Thrillers & Suspense November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (03): Rubber Band, The by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1936-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

AT TWELVE o’clock noon Wolfe and I sat in the office. Fred Durkin was out in the kitchen eating pork chops and pumpkin pie. He had made his appearance some ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (43): Father Hunt, The by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1968-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 9 The trouble with putting a box number on an ad instead of your name and address and phone number, especially if it’s in three papers, is getting the ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (25): Before Midnight by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1955-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 12 Thank the Lord those next four days are behind me instead of ahead. I admit that there are operations and situations where the best you can do is ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (07): Over My Dead Body by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1939-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 9 At half past one in the morning, with me yawning my head off and an outside errand still to do, the doorbell should ring. I went to the ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (21): Prisoner's Base by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1952-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 9 The next morning, Thursday, I cashed in on an investment. I needed some kind of a break. There had been no follow-up of any kind on the Irby ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (06): Some Buried Caesar by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1938-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 11 Osgood’s scowl had got adulterated by a touch of bewilderment. But he exploded again: “What the devil do I care about your bull?” He transferred to Pratt: “You ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (40): Right to Die, A by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1964-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 9 A problem like Dolly Brooke’s lie is plain ornery. Even if we could get the garage man to play along and he said it to her face, a ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (24): Black Mountain, The by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1954-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

IX It was a two-story stone house on a narrow cobbled street, back some three hundred yards from the river, with a tiny yard in front behind a wooden fence ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (22): Golden Spiders, The by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1953-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

Chapter 10 The tone and wording of Wolfe’s command had of course warned me what to expect, so I wasn’t surprised at the dirty look he gave me as I ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (04): Red Box, The by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1936-12-19 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

“That will do.” Wolfe turned to her. “That, mademoiselle, was a courteous and reasonable appeal. I do not often appeal to anyone like that; I am too conceited. I did ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (47): Death Times Three by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1985-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

The next morning, Wednesday, eating breakfast in the kitchen with the paper propped up in front of me—which is routine, of course—I read the account of the Bianca Voss murder. ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )
Nero Wolfe (05): Too Many Cooks by Stout Rex
epub |eng | 1938-01-01 | Author:Stout, Rex [Stout, Rex]

9 I SAT AND WATCHED and listened and felt cynical. Wolfe rubbed his cheek with the tip of his forefinger, slowly and rhythmically, which meant he was irritated but attentive. ...
( Category: Mystery November 12,2018 )

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