Black Orchids by Rex Stout
Not much can get Wolfe to leave his comfortable brownstone, but the showing of a rare black orchid lures him to a flower show. Unfortunately, the much-anticipated event is soon overshadowed by a murder as daring as it is sudden. It's a case of weeding out a cunning killer who can turn up anywhere--and Wolfe must do it quickly. Because a second case awaits his urgent attention: a society widow on a mailing list of poison-pen letters leading to a plot as dark as any orchid Wolfe has ever encountered.-
Fer-de-Lance/The League of Frightened Men
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The Rubber Band/The Red Box 2-in-1
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Not Quite Dead Enough
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Fer-de-Lance
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Prisoner's Base
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Too Many Cooks/Champagne for One
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Some Buried Caesar
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Three Witnesses
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The Second Confession
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And Be a Villain
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Three for the Chair
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A Right to Die
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Trouble in Triplicate
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Some Buried Caesar/The Golden Spiders
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Homicide Trinity
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Over My Dead Body
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Three Doors to Death
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The Doorbell Rang
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Black Orchids/The Silent Speaker
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And Four to Go
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Death of a Doxy
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The Mother Hunt
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Trio for Blunt Instruments
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The Golden Spiders
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Three at Wolfe's Door
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The Silent Speaker
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The League of Frightened Men
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In the Best Families
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Where There's a Will
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Death of a Dude
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Please Pass the Guilt
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The Father Hunt
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Champagne for One
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Murder by the Book
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Triple Jeopardy
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Too Many Cooks
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Before Midnight
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If Death Ever Slept
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Might as Well Be Dead
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Death Times Three
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The Rubber Band
Rex Stout (1886-1975) is one of the most beloved mystery novelists of all time, best known for creating the corpulent genius Nero Wolfe. Born in Indiana, Stout was a child arithmetic prodigy who spent his leisure time reading every book in his father's twelve-hundred-thousand-volume library. After two years in the navy--which he passed playing whist on Theodore Roosevelt's yacht--Stout began organizing children's field trips to banks, where he was paid a commission for every student who opened a savings account. He made a fortune, and in the late 1920s retired to write serious fiction.
After the Depression wiped out his savings, Stout began writing detective stories. Fer-de-Lance (1934) introduced Nero Wolfe, master of deduction, and his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin. Over the next four decades, Stout published dozens of stories and novels starring the quirky pair, earning him a place in the mystery novelist's pantheon alongside Agatha Christie and Erle Stanley Gardner. He died in Connecticut in 1975.
After the Depression wiped out his savings, Stout began writing detective stories. Fer-de-Lance (1934) introduced Nero Wolfe, master of deduction, and his indefatigable assistant, Archie Goodwin. Over the next four decades, Stout published dozens of stories and novels starring the quirky pair, earning him a place in the mystery novelist's pantheon alongside Agatha Christie and Erle Stanley Gardner. He died in Connecticut in 1975.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780553257199 |
| ISBN 10 | 0553257196 |
| Title | Black Orchids |
| Author | Rex Stout |
| Series | Nero Wolfe |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1992-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |