Had it been kidnaping? Pregnancy? Suicide? Or Murder?
The Doris Delaney case was no ordinary challenge, not even for Tom Alder, who specialized in finding missing heirs. The girl had disappeared from her boarding school some twenty-two years...
Just another day in Paradise...
Chief of Police Jesse Stone is on his way home from a long shift when a call comes in for a welfare check on an elderly resident of the wealthy seaside town of Paradise, Massachusetts. Inside a house packed with...
1946, the first post-World War II year, finds Tribune police reporter Snap Malek hip deep in a murder case. Someone has stabbed his cousin’s British war bride to death in their Bohemian neighborhood home in Pilsen. As the prime suspect, the meek...
When the daughter of a steel magnate disappears, Nero Wolfe and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation.
Archie Goodwin’s very good friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her time — and considerable financial resources — helping women...
Some will know how it begins...
Her name is Sandy. You might know her as the loving wife of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.
But there’s more to her than meets the eye. A woman with a dubious past, a complicated present and an uncertain...
Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker.
Archie Goodwin’s aunt Edna is about to lure him away from his work at Nero Wolfe’s New York brownstone. After an ominous phone call, he heads off to...
Ruth couldn’t commit murder—
• When Dave Tully returned from a business trip that night he found the house dark. At first he thought that Ruth, his wife, was out playing bridge and had been delayed. Then he had a caller.
• The...
When a fellow officer is kidnapped, Lieutenant Jim Reardon, of the San Francisco Police Department, finds himself facing the toughest case of his career...
The victim has no enemies, no money, and no rich relatives. He’s just a good, decent...