NERO WOLFE OF WEST THIRTY-FIFTH STREET by William S. Baring-Gould. 203 pages. Viking. $5.50. KINGS FULL OF ACES: A NERO WOLFE OMNIBUS by Rex Sfouf. 472 pages. Viking. $4.50. If there is anybody in ...

Set in 1951, Goldsborough’s middling 16th Nero Wolfe mystery (after 2020’s Archie Goes Home) opens on a dramatic note with the arrival of a bloodied Theodore Horstmann, Wolfe’s orchid nurse, at ...

THE DOORBELL RANG by Rex Stout. 186 pages. Viking. $3.50. In an age when the mystery novel is designed more for the economy-class airline traveler than for the home armchair reader, Rex Stout’s way ...

Q: I first learned about orchids from reading Nero Wolfe detective books. What can you tell me about his collection? A: Many orchid enthusiasts found the fictional Nero Wolfe to be one of their ...