Nero Wolfe Fer-De-Lance, Book 1, (Paperback)

from mysterymax

Finding a unique method of murder is a huge challenge for the mystery writer and I must say that while poison is not unique the method in which it was delivered was extremely so. It was a great way...

from mrtall

I'd never read a Rex Stout/Nero Wolfe murder mystery, much to my embarrassment as a fan of the genre, so I decided I'd start at the beginning with Fer-de-Lance. And a good start it is. The story in...

from veevoxvoom

Fer-de-Lance is the first of the Nero Wolfe mysteries, chronicling Nero Wolfe, a fat, erudite genius who loves food and orchids, and Archie Goodwin his street-savvy assistant. In Fer-de-Lance a wom...

from Meredy

Six-word review: Classic mystery still delivers satisfying entertainment. Extended review: Following an impulse to renew my former familiarity with the Nero Wolfe series after forty-plus years, I b...

from yosarian

The first Nero Wolfe book that Rex Stout wrote and the first Wolfe book I read, though it certainly won't be the last. I've always loved the hardboiled detectives of America, authors like Chandler,...