20 best-selling detective books like Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28) by Rex Stout, Sharyn McCrumb

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Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

By: Rex Stout , Sharyn McCrumb

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

One thing is certain to distract Nero Wolfe from his culinary and horticultural pursuits: murder. T…

If you liked the detective plot in Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28) by Rex Stout, Sharyn McCrumb , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12) by Ngaio Marsh

1. Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Format: None pages,

A spa-goer resorts to murder. Even down in New Zealand, war-fueled spy fever is running wild. Near … read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
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2. The Last Coincidence

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Playboy Sparky Linville has a nasty notion of fun and games. But when he picks popular Noreen James… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's The Last Coincidence book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
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3. Death on Deadline

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.97

Format: 352 pages,

The chief shareholder in the New York Gazette was appalled when family divisons made it seem inevit… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Death on Deadline book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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4. The Bloodied Ivy

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin go back to college to investigate a campus death in this first paperb… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's The Bloodied Ivy book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. Murder in E Minor

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.26

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a maestro is murdered, Archie is flabbergasted when the gargantuan gourmet detective lifts him… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Murder in E Minor book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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6. The King is Dead (Ellery Queen Detective, #23)

By: Ellery Queen

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Armed men invade the Queen apartment, led by Abel Bendigo, brother of one of the world's most power… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Queen's The King is Dead (Ellery Queen Detective, #23) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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7. Murder in the Ball Park (Nero Wolfe Novels by Robert Goldsborough #9)

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Wolfe earns a big league call-up after a senator gets taken out at the ball game Archie Goodwin and… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Murder in the Ball Park (Nero Wolfe Novels by Robert Goldsborough #9) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction

8. The Case of the Gilded Lily

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Stewart G. Bedford loves his wife Ann, and cooperates with blackmailer Binney Denham. But he wakes … read more

Similar categories in Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Gilded Lily book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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9. Silver Spire

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.68

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

For the sixth time Robert Goldsborough invites us into Nero Wolfe's West Thirty-fifth Street browns… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Silver Spire book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18) by Ellery Queen

10. The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18)

By: Ellery Queen

3.54

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

For the twelve years following the death of Davy's mother Jessica, and the trial of his father, Dav… read more

Similar categories in Ellery Queen's The Murderer is a Fox (Ellery Queen Detective, #18) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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11. The Wycherly Woman

By: Ross Macdonald

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Phoebe Wycherly was missing two months before her wealthy father hired Archer to find her. That was… read more

Similar categories in Ross Macdonald's The Wycherly Woman book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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12. The Moving Target

By: Ross Macdonald

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshi… read more

Similar categories in Ross Macdonald's The Moving Target book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28) by Rex Stout, Sharyn McCrumb

13. Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

By: Rex Stout , Sharyn McCrumb

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Paperback

One thing is certain to distract Nero Wolfe from his culinary and horticultural pursuits: murder. T… read more

Similar categories in Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

14. Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.76

Format: 180 pages,

To become part of the Nero Wolfe legend, Archie Goodwin must prove his worth Archie Goodwin comes t… read more

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15. The Case of the Horrified Heirs

By: Erle Stanley Gardner , None

3.97

Format: 12 pages, Mass Market Paperback

WITNESS FOR THE DECEASED.... Virginia Baxter is the only witness still living who can vouch for the… read more

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16. Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In this delightful collection of Wimsey exploits, Dorothy L. Sayers reveals a gruesome, grotesque b… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"I has such a sinking in my inside I has to get up and eat biscuits."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

"And upon his return, Gherkins, who had always considered his uncle as a very top-hatted sort of person, actually saw him take from his handkerchief-drawer an undeniable automatic pistol. It was at th…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Views the Body (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #4)

17. Murder, Stage Left

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.62

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

It's curtains for a famous Broadway director, and private investigator Nero Wolfe is on the case--b… read more

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18. The Case of the Buried Clock

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

3.24

Format: 324 pages,

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19. Lilith

By: George MacDonald

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Lilith is a story concerning the nature of life, death, and salvation. After he followed the old ma… read more

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20. Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

The party's over when murder makes an entrance...With the notion of bringing together the most bitt… read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"With corpses stiffening on the premises, sir, all things be possible to a man with a desperate powerful idea egging him on."

-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

"They were fortified with all the resilience that youth presents to an emotional shock. In the midst of murder and attempted suicide, they had managed, not only to behave with address and good sense, …"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

"For some reason that he had never been able to understand, Mandrake was a man in whom his fellow-creatures confided. He was by no means obviously sympathetic and he seldom asked for confidences but, …"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

"Beneath it hung a faded photograph in an Oxford frame. It presented a Victorian gentleman wearing an ineffable air of hauteur and a costume which suggested that he had begun to dress up as Mr. Sherlo…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Death and the Dancing Footman (Roderick Alleyn, #11)

Cover of The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) by Laurie R. King

21. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8) by Dorothy L. Sayers

22. Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.11

Format: 499 pages, Kindle Edition

The second Dorothy L. Sayers classic to feature mystery writer Harriet Vane, Have His Carcase. Harr… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy L. Sayers's Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"I always have a quotation for everything--it saves original thinking."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"Novelists and police-inspectors do not always see eye to eye as regards publicity."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale and sit upon it."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

"In the mood of relaxation and confidence that follows on being parboiled, it was easy enough to pump Mrs Weldon. A little diplomacy was needed, so as not to betray the ulterior object of the inquiry,…"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey, #8)

Cover of The Missing Heiress (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #17) by Robert Goldsborough

23. The Missing Heiress (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #17)

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.05

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must forge ahead with an investigat… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's The Missing Heiress (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #17) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
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24. Trouble at the Brownstone (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #16)

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.13

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Archie Goodwin goes undercover on the waterfront in a new mystery by the author who “does a masterl… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Trouble at the Brownstone (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #16) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Battered Badge (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #13) by Robert Goldsborough

25. The Battered Badge (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #13)

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.91

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

A shake-up in the NYPD homicide squad following a high-profile murder is bad for business for priva… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's The Battered Badge (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries #13) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • fiction
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26. The Missing Chapter (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #7)

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.94

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

When a loudmouthed, arrogant author is silenced, the reclusive master detective Nero Wolfe looks fo… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's The Missing Chapter (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #7) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Death of an Art Collector (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #14) by Robert Goldsborough

27. Death of an Art Collector (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #14)

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.75

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

An art hoarder’s suspicious death paints a nasty picture for Nero Wolfe. No matter how fabulously h… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Death of an Art Collector (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #14) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Archie in the Crosshairs (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #10) by Robert Goldsborough

28. Archie in the Crosshairs (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #10)

By: Robert Goldsborough

4.04

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

When Archie Goodwin’s life is threatened, Wolfe must find the gunman or lose his right-hand man … read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Archie in the Crosshairs (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #10) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Fade to Black (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #5) by Robert Goldsborough

29. Fade to Black (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #5)

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.85

Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition

For the men of Madison Avenue, the battle between soft-drink giants Cherr-o-key and AmeriCherry see… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Fade to Black (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #5) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • detective
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Archie Goes Home (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #15) by Robert Goldsborough

30. Archie Goes Home (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #15)

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.94

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker. Archie … read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Archie Goes Home (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #15) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Stop the Presses! (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #11) by Robert Goldsborough

31. Stop the Presses! (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #11)

By: Robert Goldsborough

3.82

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin are tasked with protecting the most hated columnist in New York City … read more

Similar categories in Robert Goldsborough's Stop the Presses! (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #11) book and Rex Stout's Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction

25 Best fiction books like Three for the Chair (Nero Wolfe, #28) by Rex Stout, Sharyn McCrumb

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Colour Scheme (Roderick Alleyn, #12)

Ngaio Marsh

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Last Coincidence

Robert Goldsborough

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Death on Deadline

Robert Goldsborough

3.97

Transform Your Habits

The Bloodied Ivy

Robert Goldsborough

3.97

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19 Top fiction books like The Missing Chapter (Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries, #7) by Robert Goldsborough

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The Final Deduction (Nero Wolfe, #35)

Rex Stout

4.19

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Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe, #1)

Rex Stout , Loren D. Estleman

3.97

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Homicide Trinity (Nero Wolfe, #36)

Rex Stout , Stephen Greenleaf

4.23

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Death of a Dude (Nero Wolfe, #44)

Rex Stout , Don Coldsmith

3.95

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