The next author is not a British mystery writer or a female – he’s American mystery
writer Rex Stout the creator of Nero Wolfe.
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Rex Stout began his writing career in the 1910s. He wrote more than 40 stories which spanned genres including romance, adventure, science fiction/fantasy, and detective fiction, including two serialized murder mystery novellas that prefigured elements of the Wolfe stories.
In 1929 he wrote his first published book, How Like a God, an unusual psychological story written in the second person, and published by the Vanguard Press, which he had helped to found.
In the 1930s, Stout turned to writing detective fiction. In 1933-34, he wrote Fer-de-Lance, which introduced Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
In 1959 Stout received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award. The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century.
For absolute lovers of
Nero Wolfe there is a website- The Wolfe Pack - http://www.nerowolfe.org/
Why do I love these
books? I love the intellect of Nero. He rarely leaves his apartment – has a
fabulous chef – everybody should have a Fritz – and yet he can solve the most
baffling mysteries with only his mind. Plus – there is always Archie. Archie does
the leg work and fights the fights and is about 2 steps behind Nero at figuring
out what is going on.
These books are fun
and the characters and plots just grab you.
If you prefer a video
version – there was a series made and it is pretty good. The late Maury Chaykin
played Nero and Timothy Hutton plays Archie. It’s fun to watch with the added
bonus of the time period and the fabulous clothes. Oh - and the orchids!
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