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Nero Wolfe mischt sich nicht in anderer Leute Ehen ein. Doch kurz nachdem er den Fall der reichen Erbin Sarah Rackham abgelehnt hat, wird eine Bombe in Form eines Würstchenpakets angeliefert. Der Absender ist sein Erzfeind Arnold Zeck. Nero Wolfe ist klar: Wenn er jetzt nachgibt, wird er sein Handwerk nie wieder ausüben können. Und so beschließt er, unterzutauchen. Sarah Rackham weiß, dass ihr Mann sie nur des Geldes wegen geheiratet hat.

Der Plan des Restaurantbesitzers Pratt ist grausam, aber werbewirksam: Er hat den berühmtesten Zuchtbullen der USA gekauft, um ihn seinen Gästen als Beefsteak zu servieren. Bevor Pratt sein Vorhaben in die Tat umsetzen kann, wird ein Tierschützer tot in der Koppel gefunden. Der Verdacht fällt sofort auf den Stier. Doch Nero Wolfe ist überzeugt: Hier ist Mord im Spiel. Nero Wolfe und Archie sind auf dem Weg zu einer Orchideenausstellung im ländlichen New York, als ihnen ein Reifen platzt. Unverletzt wollen sie vom nächsten Haus aus Hilfe rufen.

Die fünfzehn besten Küchenmeister der Welt haben Nero Wolfe zu ihrer Tagung eingeladen. Als einer von ihnen sinnigerweise mit einem Tranchiermesser ermordet wird, erklärt der gewichtige Privatermittler sich bereit, den Mörder zu finden. Allerdings nur unter einer Bedingung: Er fordert als Honorar ein geheimes Würstchenrezept. Jeder weiß, dass zu viele Köche den Brei verderben, aber es muss ja nicht gleich zu Mord und Totschlag führen. Doch genau das steht auf dem Speiseplan bei einem Treffen der weltbesten Köche.

Rex Stout war einer der erfolgreichsten amerikanischen Kriminalautoren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine literarische Schöpfung, der Privatdetektiv Nero Wolfe, zählt bis heute zu den berühmtesten Figuren des Genres. Zusammen mit seinem Assistenten Archie Goodwin hat der Ermittler mit einer Passion für Orchideenzucht und Gourmetküche weltweit Millionen Leser in den Bann gezogen. Die Neuübersetzung der Krimireihe bietet nun dem deutschen Leser erstmals die Möglichkeit, die Kriminalromane in ihrer vollständigen literarischen Qualität zu entdecken.

There’s no one and nothing the great detective Nero Wolfe wouldn’t take on if the price was right. That’s something wealthy society widow Rachel Bruner is counting on when she writes him a check for a whopping hundred grand. But even Wolfe has a moment’s doubt when he finds out why the...

Da en af Nero Wolfes agenter, Orrie Cather, bliver tilbageholdt af politiet for mordet på en kvinde, han har haft et forhold til, ser Wolfe sig nødsaget til, sammen med sin assistent Archie Goodwin, at hjælpe ham, selvom det bliver en sag for egen regning. Hvis det ikke er Orrie Cather, der har slået kvinden ihjel, hvem er det så? Nero Wolfe er en excentrisk ballademager og privatdetektiv i ordets mest private betydning. Kun nødtvungent flytter han sine 150 kg fra lænestolen i sit okkerfarvede murstenshus i New York.

Desiree Le Mire ran into the cave, anxious to explore, tempted by the legends of Inca gold. Harry Lamar and his brother Paul had no choice but to follow. After all, they could not let the beautiful dancer enter the black depths alone. Others lived there, however, protecting the gold of their ancestors, others now misshapen after generations of living underground. That was why no one who entered the cave ever emerged into daylight. But no one who had entered was as beautiful as Desiree - or as determined as the Lamars.

Once, the Lamartine Hotel was a quiet refuge for New York’s stuffy fashionable set. But by the 1890s, fashion has moved uptown, and the lobby of the Lamartine has been overtaken by natty young sports, who pass their afternoons with billiards or shows of noisy derring-do. Their preferred damsel is Lila Williams, a delicate young telegraph operator whose shyness so charms them that they resolve to defend her against any ill-behaved characters. They are about to face their fiercest challenger, who rides in the gleaming armor of a millionaire.

Pretty Amy Denovo wants to find the father she has never seen, but she can't afford Nero Wolfe's outlandish fees . . . or can she? Suddenly she's knocking on the oversized detective's door with a parcel full of bills in hand—and a quarter of a million hidden in her closet. It's all part of a...

When Marko Vukcic, one of Nero Wolfe's closest friends, is gunned down in cold blood, the great detective takes it personally, pledging to do everything in his considerable power to bring the killer to justice. But Wolfe's reckless vow draws him to the most lethal case of his career, propelling...

An automobile breakdown strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture—and a family feud over a prize bull. A restaurateur’s plan to buy the stud and barbecue it as a publicity stunt may be in poor taste, but it isn’t a crime . . . until Hickory Caesar Grindon, the...

When Priscilla Eads, heiress to cotton-towel millions, first pleads for Nero Wolfe’s assistance, the portly detective decides to wash his hands of a case that has more than its share of dirty laundry. Just hours later Miss Eads and her maid are found strangled to death under circumstances that...

When a group of publishers and writers hires Wolfe to solve a case of false plagiarism, it's time for the great detective to hit the books. Four unrelated accusers—including a down-and-out hack writer and a lady poet with a penchant for nude sunbathing—have been fleecing bestselling authors...

Nero Wolfe, lover of fine food and prize orchids, is a genius at daring detection. But he is always on guard when it comes to women. Now murder at a fencing studio engages him and his confidential assistant, Archie Goodwin, in a dangerous duel with death. The prime suspect is a Balkan beauty who...

“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review Introduction by David Handler It wasn’t Leonard Dykes’s writing style that offended. But something in his unpublished tome seemed to lead everyone who read it to a very...

The aging millionairess has a problem: where is her young playboy husband getting all his money? To help find the answer, Archie infiltrates a party at her palatial estate. But her late-night murder ruins the festive mood . . . and a letter bomb from a powerful crime boss makes Nero Wolfe do the...

It’s a wily killer who dares to strike on Nero Wolfe’s hallowed turf—and leave a corpse strangled with Wolfe’s own soup-stained tie. But no sooner does the gourmandizing sleuth clean up this first course of murder than he faces a gun-toting wife who serves up a confession of homicidal...

Jerin is a mental freak—a man capable of successfully playing a dozen simultaneous chess games against first-rate players while he himself is out of sight of any of the boards. It is while thus engaged that he is killed. A millionaire—his opponent in more realms than chess—is accused, and...

With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel Kerr seemed to have the perfect setup. Now the well-kept lady is stone-cold dead, and the cops have nabbed a Manhattan private eye who just happens to be an acquaintance of Nero Wolfe. Unable to refuse a friend in need...

Nero Wolfe has left his comfortable brownstone for the promise of a remarkably rare black orchid at a flower show—but before Wolfe and his perennially hardy sidekick, Archie Goodwin, have a chance to stop and smell the roses, a diabolically daring murder takes place right under their noses and...