{"title":"Books by Rex Stout","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781803364865","title":"How Like A God","description":"\u003cb\u003eSTAIRWAY TO HOMICIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnpublished for more than 50 years, HOW LIKE A GOD is the earliest masterpiece by an author who would later be named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and become world famous for creating one of the most enduring characters in the mystery genre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the shadowy stairwell of a New York City brownstone, a man stealthily begins to climb. In the pocket of his coat, a loaded revolver. At the top of the stairs, a woman he intends to kill. But who…?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis extraordinary novel by Rex Stout, the legendary creator of Nero Wolfe, is a psychological thriller like none you have ever read. As William Sidney climbs the stairs, you’ll dive deep into his troubled past, uncovering scandalous secrets and deceptions. 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When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, his partner, Archie Goodwin, suspects it means Wolfe is getting close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. But this is a case with more twists than an angry rattler...and if Wolfe doesn’t handle it with extreme care, he’ll be the next one struck by a killer with poison in his heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe League of Frightened Men\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePaul Chapin’s Harvard cronies never forgave themselves for the hazing prank that left their friend a cripple. Yet they believed that Paul himself had forgiven them—until a class reunion ends in death and a series of poems promising more of the same. Now this league of frightened men is desperate for Nero Wolfe’s help. 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But when one of these men drives up to her house with a fifth man in the car, Lora runs to hide. That’s how this extraordinary novel opens – and by the time it ends, you’ll have pieced together a masterful psychological jigsaw puzzle that is miles from a traditional crime novel, but whose desperate characters nevertheless resort to kidnapping, blackmail and possibly even murder. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong before he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, before he created the immortal Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout wrote this gripping novel, published in 1930 and then lost for more than 90 years. Hard Case Crime is thrilled to give the book its first publication in nearly a century and to give today’s readers the chance to discover one of Stout’s richest and most unforgettable stories.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306908660085,"sku":"9781803364841","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781803364841_666c15a4-2d1f-47a3-aff6-9048275aeaa0.jpg?v=1786026625"},{"product_id":"9780553248135","title":"Three for the Chair","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollow the world’s greatest detective, Nero Wolfe, on a trail of money, mayhem, and murder in three cases of capital crime.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trail of bodies begins with the death of a self-made millionaire, a fortune in uranium, and the perfect weapon . . . which no longer exists. Then it’s on to a rural lodge to teach two arrogant billionaires, a foreign ambassador, and a famous diplomat that murder is bad for business. Finally, it’s a case of politics making the strangest of bedfellows when a fake millionaire becomes a real corpse in the state capital and the evidence has Nero and Archie in the hot seat.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Sharyn McCrumb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. 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Now Wolfe's fancy turns to thoughts of weeding out a murderer—one who's definitely not a garden-variety killer. Only then will Wolfe be ready to throw his weight into a \u003ci\u003esecond \u003c\/i\u003e thorny case, involving a rich society widow bedeviled by poison-pen letters—and a poisonous plot as black as Wolfe's orchids . . . with roots that are even more twisted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Lawrence Block\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. 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