The Doorbell Rang

There&#146;s no one and nothing the great detective Nero Wolfe wouldn&#146;t take on if the price was right. That&#146;s something wealthy society widow Rachel Bruner is counting on when she writes him a check for a whopping hundred grand. But even Wolfe has a moment&#146;s doubt when he finds out why the prize is so generous. For the oversize genius and his able assistant Archie Goodwin are about to lock horns with the FBI&#151;and those highly trained G-men have a way with threats tails and bugs that could give even sedentary sleuth Nero Wolfe a run for his money.<br> <b>&#160;</b><br> <b>Introduction by Stuart Kaminsky</b><br> &#160;<br> <b>&#147;It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.&#148;&#151;<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br> &#160;<br> A grand master of the form Rex Stout is one of America&#146;s greatest mystery writers and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together Stout and Wolfe have entertained&#151;and puzzled&#151;millions of mystery fans around the world. Now with his perambulatory man-about-town Archie Goodwin the arrogant gourmandizing sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself Rex Stout.