Now you say you won’t accept it. That’s no way to do.”
Wolfe looked at me. I grinned. He pushed his chair
back and arose. “I have a matter to attend to,” he said.
“I’ll leave you with Mr. Goodwin. You understand each
other.” He marched out.
It took me half an hour to talk her around, and she
told me twice not to call her Hattie.
The World of
Rex Stout
Now, for the first time ever, enjoy a peek into the life
of Nero Wolfe’s creator, Rex Stout, courtesy of the
Stout Estate. Pulled from Rex Stout’s own archives,
here are rarely seen, never-before-published memora-
bilia. Each title in “The Rex Stout Library” will offer an
exclusive look into the life of the man who gave Nero
Wolfe life.
HOMICIDE TRINITY
Rex Stout—A Lizzie Borden supporter? Indeed, he
was a defender of her good name. Shortly after the 1962
publication of HOMICIDE TRINITY, Stout was
awarded this certificate (from an organization of doubt-
ful legitimacy).
Would Wolfe have been able to clear her name?