A standout While I tend to like all the Nero Wolfe mysteries, I especially liked this one. With Wolfe outside his usual environment, the story takes on a different air and the plot is especially clever. We also get introduced to Lily Rowan, who shows up in a number of other stories.

4 Stars. It was missing something. Je ne sais quoi, but I wasn't as engaged with Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin as in some of the great early volumes in the series. Then Archie went to jail. He had discovered a body under the hay in a cow stall at the local fair, and wanted to consult with Wolfe before talking to the Sheriff. The authorities got upset and threw Archie in jail. He proceeded to established the Crowfield County Prisoner's Union. A political organizer! He has unknown talents. As Pres...

A lively Nero Wolfe mysteryReview of Kindle editionPublication date: September 8, 2010Publisher: CrimelineLanguage: EnglishASIN: B00413QAD8Amazon.com Sales Rank: 69805287 pagesSOME BURIED CAESAR is one of my favorite Nero Wolfe novels. Rules are broken. We learn some of Wolfe's background. Wolfe makes a rare mistake in his investigation. We meet Lily Rowan who intrigues Archie from the beginning. Wolfe has left his home to exhibit albino orchids, reluctantly accepts a client in a small rural com...

Another intriguing novel from one of the masters of the genre. I read this when I wasn’t diligent in posting to my Goodreads account. I listened to the audiobook - but it obviously a library loan. Oops!

Another fun book by Stout. Archie Goodwin's wit never relents and Nero Wolfe gives as good as he gets and always manages to stay on top. The repartee is what makes these books.But it is also a good mystery with the clues being doled out in a timely fashion, building the reader's suspense, and when it all comes together it makes sense. That is not always true for every mystery written, but it is with this one. It all comes together to a logical conclusion: Who did it; why did they do it; and how

I haven't read one of these in decades. It was a lot of fun to get back to Nero & Archie. Excellent reading too by Michael Prichard. I didn't think I'd like his voice at first, but it fit the story well & grew on me. I like mysteries where all the clues are there & while I was pretty sure of the killer early on, I was never bored. Delightful! Not as dated as I thought it would be either, save for some of the prices - $60 to fix a car!!! Still, cattle haven't changed much nor shows & good blood s...

Once again, Wolfe & Archie are away from home in this 6th entry in the series! This time, Wolfe is visiting upstate NY in order to participate in a flower show (so his orchids can beat those of a rival who cowardly avoided the NYC flower shows). Of course, they get involved in a death or two (or 3) while there! This is the book which introduces a recurring character, Lily Rowan, and it was a lot of fun reading the persiflage between her & Archie.

One of my favorite early Nero Wolfe mysteries, in which Wolfe leaves home, Archie almost fights a bull, and we are introduced to Archie's best girl Lily Rowan.

I have loved mysteries for a long time and I really enjoy a good series. Although, I often have to set a series aside for awhile. If I start reading a series in sequence one after the other, I can and often slip into the feeling of having been dropped into a formula, with the subsequent feeling of, 'I know where this is going.'This is one of a few series I'm always glad to return to and am all to often reluctant to leave. It's warm and humorous, the mysteries are often a challenge and the charac...

Those of us who are addicted to the Rex Stout mysteries, enjoy sharing the old brownstone on W35th St. with Wolfe, Archie, and Fritz and the majority of the stories take place there. But every once in a while, Wolfe leaves his house under duress and gets caught up in a murder. In this tale he is taking some of his prize winning orchids to a competition in upstate NY when a tire blow-out sends the car into a ditch, validating Wolfe's belief that automobiles are out to kill him. He and Archie walk...

Nero Wolfe leaves home to exhibit his orchids at a rural show, but, inevitably, he and Archie are soon caught up in a murder investigation. The complicated plot involves a prize bull called Caesar and a selection of great characters. I really enjoyed this novel - one of the best Stout mysteries I've read so far, with a hilarious sequence where Archie lands up in prison.

On the second reading this has become one of my very favorite ones. This particular episode is very unique since it takes place entirely outside of the old brownstone in New York City. Wolfe in a fit of pique has entered his orchards in a county fair out in the sticks. The story is clever and well told but what if particularly enjoyed was how the characters have changed from the first five books. First lets talk about Nero. In the first five books he is a bitter misanthrope reluctant to engage w...

The 6th book in the Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout is one of the best. Wolfe is out of his beloved Brownstown to show his orchids. On the way the car, driven by Archie, has a blowout and hits a tree. This sets up one of the funniest scenes in the entire series as the two set off across a pasture to get help. Wolfe ends up standing on a boulder in the middle of the pasture to avoid a large bull named Caesar. This is also the novel in which we meet Lily Rown who becomes Archie's favorite dancing p...

Wolfe out of his brownstone again in this one, and was chased by a bull. Enjoyed this and was surprised that he actually lied. Always enjoy Archie and seems he is more of a ladies man than I had thought.

Nero Wolf, is new Sherlock Holmes. And I can't believe it. But, sure as hell, if anyone can continue the legacy of Holmes, it would be Nero Wolf.

Just adding to my list of excellent books by Rex Stout. This one opens with a hilarious scene--Nero Wolfe uncharacteristically out of his brownstone in Manhattan, standing on a bale of hay in the middle of a field to escape from a bull. I also learned a new word on the very first page--plerophory--which I had to look up in the OED, since it wasn't in my unabridged. It is a belief held so strongly that the believer regards it as an experienced fact. Seems like a very useful word in today's Americ...

The funniest Nero Wolfe novel; it makes you laugh after first several phrases. As everybody who read any Nero Wolfe mystery knows, the famous detective is really afraid of cars and expects to get into accident at any second during car rides. Well, the books starts with his fears finally coming to reality: Archie Goodwin crashed their car while driving his employer. They happened to crash near a foul-tempered bull, so Nero Wolfe sent Archie to distract the animal while he (Wolfe, that is) gets to...

*Incredible* writing -and a pretty good story! But the writing and characterization are what hooked me to the Nero Wolfe mysteries - though really the titles are a misnomer, as they are about Archie Goodwin, my favorite "sidekick" ever. Agatha Christie used to be my favorite mystery writer (with no one coming in even as a close second), but with this book Rex Stout has now been placed firmly in first place. I still like Christie's *stories* and her mysteries are usually more complex than Stout's...

COUNTDOWN: Mid-20th Century North American Crime BOOK 124 (of 250)This was my first Stout/Nero novel (and many more were read afterward).How could I have never read one until 2018? HOOK=4 stars: "That sunny September day was full of surprises," opens this book. Yes indeed, many surprises on the first pages: 1) Nero is out and about instead of home with his orchids and beer and custom made furniture for his massive size (we are told) and 2) Nero's sidekick, Archie, plows their car into a tree and...