Nero Wolfe Might as Well Be Dead, Book 27, (Paperback)

from TomDonaghey

Might As Well Be Dead (1956) (Nero Wolfe #27) by Rex Stout. Wolfe is hired by a man out of the midwest to find his estranged son. Seems there had been a mistake a dozen years before, now revealed as a robbery by someone else, and the father wishes to make amends. Wolfe takes the missing persons c...

from antiquary

I think this was one of the earliest Wolfe novels I read, along with The Golden Spiders. A wealthy Nebraska businessman hires Wolfe to find his son, whom he had thrown out on suspicion of theft (now proven unjustified) years before. Wolfe finds the son living in New York has just been convicted o...

from antiquary

Ths may well be the first copy of this story that I read, before getting my own paperback (see other copy). I read this copy from the Wood Count Public Library 9bowling Green, Ohio) and later bought it when it was sold off

from MrsLee

I like this story. It's characters stick with me.

from teckelvik

I read Nero Wolfe novels for Archie, with occasional glimpses of everyone else. I never remember the plot or any other characters, but I enjoy them for being well written and smart. In this one, Nero tracks down a missing person, which involves solving a series of murders. He's annoyed that he ha...