Frame-Up for Murder

Nero Wolfe novellas by Rex Stout

by Rex Stout

Genres: Mystery, Crime

Audio Cassette

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

Rex Todhunter Stout (1886–1975) was an American crime writer, best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 (Fer-de-Lance) to 1975 (A Family Affair).

The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century.

Reviews

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typically convoluted. Read more like a hardboiled piece. The ending was bewildering, to say the least.
Nah!

[Bert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun quick Nero and Archie story.

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one almost as much as the first Nero Wolfe mystery I read. It seemed a bit rushed though and the ending was incredibly abrupt. To be fair, this is from a collection of 3 short novellas found after Rex Stout's death so I imagine there might have been a reason it was not published before. Enjoyable! I'll keep reading the 3rd book in the set and probably move on to longer works of Stouts. A very enjoyable mystery for a summer night!