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Title: Homicide Trinity (Crime Line) by Rex Stout ISBN: 0-553-23446-3 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book, but short stories just don't compare w/novels
Comment: This is an excellent collection of Nero Wolfe short stories--some of the best Stout ever wrote, but they are still short stories. While they are great introductory reading for the new Stout enthusiast (highly recommended if this applies to you), the stories seem rather abrupt for anyone who's read the novels. Just as Wolfe, the cantankerous, lazy, overweight, yet completely endearing detective, and Archie, the CLASSIC unflappable sidekick, seem to begin solving the murder, they've found the solution, and the story is over. Other than the general abruptness of the stories, the book is wonderful, and the stories themselves are some of the best Stout ever wrote--if only he had fleshed them out into novels...
In "Eeny Meeny Murder Mo," 'it's a wily killer who dares to strike on Nero Wolfe's hallowed turf--and leave a corpse strangled with Wolfe's own soup-stained tie.' This is the story that was turned into an A&E movie, and the one that got me started on Rex Stout's novels.
In "Death of a Demon," 'Wolfe faces a gun-toting wife who serves up a confession of homicidal intent--only to become the sole suspect when her husband's corpse is found.' This one is a little confusing, keeping all of the guns (some toted by the aforementioned wife) straight.
Finally, in "Counterfeit for Murder," 'a cop-hating landlady brings Wolfe counterfeit cash--that leads to genuine murder.' This story introduces a very likeable character in the landlady, one of the few women Wolfe (by no means a woman-hater; they just seem to get in the way of his orderly existence) moderately respects.
Rating: 4
Summary: Unholy Trinity
Comment: Stout somehow packs 3 novellas into 205 pocket-sized pages. Two concern rich Manhattanites, one working class down-to-earth ones. Although Nero Wolf is headlined, most of the investigating and narration falls to Archie Goodwin, his assistant. Wolf, according to Archie, is a genius, but to the reader appears overweight (he had his chair custom-made to accommodate him), self-indulgent (his chef prepares him gourmet meals), and irascible (voicing impatience with dull and uncooperative witnesses). There are enough surprises and twists (too many to summarize) to dizzy the reader. Entertaining.
Rating: 4
Summary: After awhile, you really can't say anymore about these
Comment: A collection of three novellas featuring Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. After awhile, there's not really much one can say about Stout's mysteries. They are always well done--I remember reading someone saying that Rex Stout never wrote a bad sentence, and I have yet to prove that false. But there really isn't much here that distinguishes these novellas from any of the other collections.
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Title: Trio for Blunt Instruments by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553241915 Publisher: Crimeline Pub. Date: 01 July, 1984 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: And Four to Go (Crime Line) by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553249851 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Three for the Chair (The Rex Stout Library : a Nero Wolfe Mystery) by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553248138 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Three Witnesses by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553249592 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Not Quite Dead Enough: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (The Rex Stout Library) by Rex Stout ISBN: 0553261096 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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