Might As Well Be Dead

James Herold hires Wolfe to find his son Paul, who broke off all contact with the family eleven years ago after his father unjustly accused him of theft. Archie finds him after his only a couple of days--at the very moment a jury convicts him of murder. Another good entry in the series.......more

4 Stars. An old-fashioned "who-done-it." I was wondering about all the leading characters, including "PH" in jail, to almost the very end. Set in the mid 1950s. Eleven years earlier, PH as a young man was falsely accused by his father of stealing from the family hardware company in Nebraska and he f......more

Charles van Buren TOP 1000 REVIEWER 5.0 out of 5 stars What do you do when there are no clues? March 31, 2019 Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase Publication date: April 24, 2010 Publisher: Bantam Language: English ASIN: B003IYI6YC I have read most of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books but had not previously re......more

The edition I read has an introduction by John Katzenbach. I read the first screen load or two, before he started talking about this specific book. Wolfe probes personalities until he uncovers the nasty vein that pulses beneath the surface, regardless of how well hidden it might be. In actuality, al......more

This might be my least favorite one of all. There were still good bits, i read several sections out loud to my wife they sounded so good. But overall this story is just OK for me. I've always known that Stout played fast and loose with the details of his creation. He would change the street address,......more