Nero Wolf

He never leaves the house where he eats gourmet meals and tends his collection of 10,000 orchids for 4 hours every day.  His personal assistant,  Archie Goodwin does the narrating and all of the legwork that Nero Wolf can't abide doing himself. Archie helps the "genius" solve the crimes and catch the killers. Great, fast reading for the true crime solver and a wonderful way to engage the intellect. Wolf's deduction abilities and his chef, Fritz's meals are a delight and as entertaining today as when they were written.

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