Black Orchids: A Nero Wolfe Double Mystery -- Black Orchids; Cordially Invited to Meet Death (Front Page Mysteries Fifth Series)

271 pp. Two Nero Wolfe mysteries in one volume, both of which were originally published in the American Magazine under the titles Death Wears an Orchid (August 1941) and Invitation to Murder (April 1942). "Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 - October 27, 1975) was an American crime writer, best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe, described by reviewer Will Cuppy as "that Falstaff of detectives." Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin recorded the cases of the detective genius from 1934 (Fer-de-Lance) to 1975 (A Family Affair). The Nero Wolfe corpus was nominated Best Mystery Series of the Century at Bouchercon 2000, the world's largest mystery convention, and Rex Stout was nominated Best Mystery Writer of the Century."