"Eight thrilling tales by eight experts." Contents: He Cometh and He Passeth By . . . H.R. Wakefield Trial by Jury . . . James M. Cain The Borderline Case . . . Margery Allingham Assistant Murderer . . . Dashiell Hammett Haircut . . . Ring Lardner The Simple Art of Murder . . . Raymond Chandler Hot Money . . . Carter Dickson Papa I'm Sorry . . . Robert D. Abrahams
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Rex Todhunter Stout (1886 – 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.
