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Mystery Series at Ames Public Library

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Rex Stout

Rex Stout (1886-1975) started writing romance, adventure, and borderline detective stories in the 1910s for the pulps. His first novel to feature the rotund, agoraphobic, and orchid-growing Nero Wolfe was Fer-de-Lance, serialized in The Saturday Evening Post and published as a book in 1934. After 1938, Stout wrote mysteries. He continued the Wolfe series throughout his life, totaling 33 novels and 39 novellas and short stories. The following series based upon the characters of Wolfe (Maury Chaykin) and his wise-cracking assistant Archie Goodwin (Timothy Hutton) was produced for A & E.

  • Nero Wolfe, Disc 1  (DVD DRAMA NER)  184 min. 
    The Doorbell Rang     and Champagne for One

  • Nero Wolfe, Disc 2  (DVD DRAMA NER)  184 min. 
    Prisoner’s Base    , Eeny Meeny Murder Moe, and Disguise for Murder

  • Nero Wolfe, Disc 3  (DVD DRAMA NER)  184 min. 
    Door to Death    , Christmas Party, and Over My Dead Body

  • Nero Wolfe, Disc 4  (DVD DRAMA NER)  184 min. 
    Death of a Doxy     (two episodes), Next Witness, and Die Like a Dog

  • Nero Wolfe, Disc 5  (DVD DRAMA NER)  184 min. 
    Murder is Corny    , Motherhunt (two episodes), and Poison a la Carte

  • Nero Wolfe, Disc 6  (DVD DRAMA NER)  184 min. 
    Too Many Clients     (two episodes); Before I Die; and Help Wanted, Male

  • Nero Wolfe, Disc 7  (DVD DRAMA NER)  184 min. 
    Silent Speaker     (two episodes), Cop Killer, and Immune to Murder

  • Nero Wolfe, Disc 8  (DVD DRAMA NER)  208 min. 
    Golden Spiders     (a full-length TV movie), The Making of Nero Wolfe (a special feature), and The Silent Speaker (double-episode special encore in 16:9 letterbox format).