Based on the Nero Wolfe seriesโone of the longest running, critically acclaimed, and bestselling series in the crime fiction worldโa collection of Nero Wolfeโinspired crime stories from one of the most prominent crime writers of his era.
From 1934 until his death in 1976, Rex Stout entertained the world with the exploits of Nero Wolfeโthe eccentric, organ-breeding detective geniusโas related by Archie Goodwin, his irreverent legman. Nearly Nero is an affectionate, tongue-in-cheek homage to Stoutโs greatest creation.
Claudius Lyon is a fanatic admirer of Wolfe. He has retrofitted himself and his townhouse after Wolfeโs and has hired a man named Arnie Woodbine to serve as his Archie Goodwin. However, Lyonโs naivetรฉ and Woodbineโs larcenous nature constantly put them in jeopardyโmore than Wolfe and Goodwin ever faced.
Somehow the imitator manages to find a solution from every problem. But can he and his assistant keep up this pretense for long?
© 2003-2026