A Right to Die

One of the very best of the Nero Wolfe mysteries--and controversial for a mainstream detective novel written in 1964. A white civil rights crusader has her head bashed in with a billy club--souvenir from a Southern demonstration--and her black fiancee is arrested and charged with the murder. This no......more

Another fine Nero Wolfe mystery This is a good mystery with several red herrings and interesting twists. However it is as much about American race relations circa 1963-1964 as it is about the mystery. There are things here to annoy klansmen, neo-nazis and others of that ilk. It will also annoy some t......more

This is one of the best fiction books I have read that concerns the Civil Rights Movement and was actually written during the 1960s. What made this book noteworthy, in my opinion, is Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin's straightforward attitude toward race. They admit that, as white people they can't und......more

This is one of the exceptional Rex Stout novels. It was written in 1964 during what, to me, is the height of the civil rights movement in the United States. I, personally, was -6 years old. The theme of the book is deeply involved in that movement when a middle age black man appeared on Nero's doors......more