Nero Wolfe Not Quite Dead Enough, Book 10, (Paperback)

from EricCostello

I wasn't particular taken with either of the stories in this collection. In "Not Quite Dead Enough," Archie's longtime friend Lily is suspected of the murder of an old woman. In "Booby Trap," Archie's superior officer (Archie is in the army in both of these WW II-era stories) is killed in a grena...

from wildbill

This is a Nero Wolfe book set during World War II. It has two stories in it the first one with the same title as the book. The story begins with Lily Rowan of escamillo fame chasing down Archie who is now a Major in Army Intelligence. Ann Amory, a friend of Lily's has troubles and Lily wants Wolf...

from phyllis2779

Kind of a bare bones Nero Wolfe mystery. If this had been the first one I read, I'd never read another one. Very disappointed. It was missing any detail about the usual trappings that Nero Wolfe is concerned with -- food, orchids, etc. The mystery wasn't all that mysterious although I thought the...

from tuckerresearch

I was introduced to Nero Wolfe through the amazing Nero Wolfe A&E series, so I see Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin, et al. So, after a hiatus of several years, I got a hold of And Be a Villain and liked it, so I decided to get them all so I could read them in orde...

from MrsLee

Sometimes the title is enough on a Stout book. This story isn't memorable, but I know I never disliked a Nero Wolfe novel.