Showing Seven Complete Nero Wolfe Novels by Rex Stout

For more details on the individual books, see their separate reviews. • THE SILENT SPEAKER (1946) was the 11th Wolfe book, and the first Wolfe novel to be published after WWII, the 9th and 10th books having been short story collections. • MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD (1956), the 27th Wolfe book, starts out as a missing person case: finding an estranged son for his father • IF DEATH EVER SLEPT (1957) was the 28th Wolfe book, and like TOO MANY WOMEN, has Archie taking an undercover assignment to get away from Wolfe for awhile after a quarrel. • THREE AT WOLFE'S DOOR (1960) was the 33rd Wolfe book, a short story collection consisting of "Poison a la Carte", "Method Three for Murder", and "The Rodeo Murder", all of which first appeared in magazines in 1960. • GAMBIT (1962), the 37th Wolfe book, revolves around a woman most men automatically fall for, but everyone seems to agree that Anna Blount is a one-man woman, and that that man is Matthew Blount, her husband. • PLEASE PASS THE GUILT (1973), the 45th Wolfe book, began with a referral from Wolfe's neighbour, the ever-helpful Doc Vollmer • A FAMILY AFFAIR (1975), the 46th Wolfe book, was the last to be published before Stout's death Thanks to Michele L. Worley (Kingdom of the Mouse, United States) for help in compiling this list.