Death Times Three

Recently I was doing a forage of my physical shelves in search of a Bachman book when I came across three of the typically slender Rex Stout novels and knew immediately that I would revisit that brownstone on 35th street, occupied by none other than Nero Wolfe and household. I’ve been here before an......more

Death Times Three is the final collection of Nero Wolfe novellas. Published posthumously, it does not consist of previously unpublished works but rather three works which--for various reasons--never achieved book publication in precisely this form, during his lifetime. Two of the tales had already b......more

3.75/5 And so ends the last of the Rex Stout Nero Wolfe mysteries. But I love these characters so much that I will continue with the Robert Goldsborough companion series.......more

Even though this was the last published book of Rex Stout's work, featuring Nero Wolfe, it was still my introduction to the famed detective. Death Times Three features three short stories/ novellas; Bitter End, Frame-up for Murder and Assault on a Brownstone. I didn't really have any sort of clue ab......more

This was a fun read to cap the entirety of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series. Like the title implies there are three novellas in this volume. All of them were written on or before 1961 which gives them more of the old time feel I love about these stories. Two of them are of particular note. Frame up for......more