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
fiction's greatest detectives. Here, in Stout's first two complete Wolfe
mysteries, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty
man-about-town Archie Goodwin solve their most baffling cases.
**Fer-de-lance
**The fer-de-lance is among the most deadly snakes known to man. 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.
**The League of Frightened Men
**Paul 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. But can even the
great detective outwit a killer smart enough to commit an unseen
murder...in plain sight?