Books by Rex Stout

“The detective in this series is almost a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes, but what makes it so brilliant is that Rex Stout merged the classic British mystery with the American hard-boiled. Nero Wolfe is this eccentric, brilliant, genius detective who is always able to solve the crimes police can’t. His assistant Archie is the traditional hard-boiled PI—wise-cracking, always like one, two, steps behind. He does all the legwork. He’s the one who gets arrested, the one who gets beat up. He’s the one who is interested in women. Their relationship is what makes the Nero Wolfe books so fun.” Read more...

The Best 20th-Century American Detective Novels

Dave Zeltserman, Novelist