And Be a Villain Audiobook

" Very well done. A good closed room mystery. Well considered evidence and good background work. Wolfe and Archie are definitely on top of their game. "

" I adore the Nero Wolfe mysteries--and they are terrific audiobooks. Wolfe's and his sidekick Archie Goodwin's obsession with good food and fine flowers actually runs second to their obsession with integrity, logic, and clear-eyed thinking. These are the qualities that make the books such comforts: Wolfe is a person fully in control of his environment -- an increasingly appealing fantasy for me -- but he is also someone who can extract the truth from witnesses simply by the force of his reputation, intellect, and personality. What's not to love? And the food!: pheasant in aspic and three kinds of cheese "for a snack," cornmeal cakes with"autumn honey" --jiminy, I wish chef Fritz were real and could come for a visit.... "

" typical wolfe. super entertaining and just what i needed at the time i read it. "

" One of the twistier and more entertaining Wolfe mysteries. "

" Not the best of the Nero Wolfe books I've read so far. It's a little slow getting started (like Wolfe is on this case) - but it has a great ending. Plus it seems to introduce a powerful villain that may be recurring. Hinting at being Wolfe's Moriarity. "

" Another fun read from Rex Stout. It's not much of a mystery, but that's not really why one reads a Nero Wolfe book, is it? The cameo by Arnold Zeck was interesting. I've heard he appears in other books as a kind of nemesis for Wolfe. "

" A Rex Stout classic, featuring Wolfe's first encounter with master criminal Arnold Zeck. "

" While solving the murders in this book, Wolfe crosses paths with a master criminal, who figures in the next two books as well as this one. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next. "

" One of the better ones, although Stout would make the phone book interesting. "

" Archie, as always, is in it up to his ears. Another mystery for mystery lovers. "

" I will always be impressed by Stout's ability to hide a mystery within a mystery so to speak. "

" Any Nero Wolfe book is going to be a good one. In this one they investigate the murder of a guest on the Madeline Fraser radio show. And then in another seemingly unrelated murder of a woman turns Wolfe onto the case. In this one they work with Detective Kramer. Love 'em. "

" Good fun this one, and without the sag that occurs in many of the Wolfe books as the case gets going, which usually involves Archie running around and not really getting anywhere for a while. On the minus side, the misogyny in this book is at times rather unpleasant. "

" Low on money, Wolfe once again wedges himself into a current hot murder. The reasons for the murder are clever and difficult to reveal, and the story takes an amusing look at popular packaged foods and advertising post-War. "

" Meltettes! "

" A guest on a radio talk show drops dead after taking a sip from a sponsor's beverage. For fans of the series, mostly notable as the first appearance of Arnold Zeck, master criminal. "

" Classic Nero Wolfe. And I just can't get enough of Archie Goodwin. "

" My favorite Nero Wolfe novel. "

" I liked this because it involved the cast of a 40's radio drama "

" More Wolfe. Actually I had read this one before. I need a way to record what I've read. Hmmmm... "

" Stout's classic mysteries are wonderful to read. I've read most of them three or four times and have to admit that I can't read them anymore. I get through the first fifty pages and remember the ending. "

" Since there are millions of Nero Wolfe books and they're all instantly forgettable, I need to remind myself I've read this one so I don't read it again. Doubtless, some others are more entertaining. "

" Haven't picked up a Nero Wolfe mystery in years. I was drawn right in and kept there, even though I know I must have read this before at some point. Wolfe is so infuriating and yet so compelling. "

" One of the twistier and more entertaining Wolfe mysteries. "

" typical wolfe. super entertaining and just what i needed at the time i read it. "

" I will always be impressed by Stout's ability to hide a mystery within a mystery so to speak. "

" Stout's classic mysteries are wonderful to read. I've read most of them three or four times and have to admit that I can't read them anymore. I get through the first fifty pages and remember the ending. "

" Also released under the title "More Deaths Than One". A radio guest on Miss Fraser's program dies on air. Nero Wolfe takes the case because he's broke but Archie reckons Wolfe is "too conceited, too eccentric and too fat" to work. "

" More Wolfe. Actually I had read this one before. I need a way to record what I've read. Hmmmm... "

" A Rex Stout classic, featuring Wolfe's first encounter with master criminal Arnold Zeck. "