Three Trumps: A Nero Wolfe Omnibus - The Black Mountain; If Death Ever Slept; Before Midnight

442 pp. Three books featuring Stout's famous detective Nero Wolfe, in one volume: The Black Mountain; If Death Ever Slept; Before Midnight. "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."