Nero Wolfe Searches

Brief summaries of the early story line, with no spoilers. Similar to liner notes, but more cogent, one hopes.

Search for a character in a book or the entire corpus

Character searches are made by determining if the string entered is part of a name in the book database and are not case sensitive. For example, searching for "WiN" in Fer-de-Lance will give both Archie Goodwin and Derwin the assistant DA.

Search a book for characters

Information can be limited to the name only, a basic biography with no spoilers, or a more complete biography with spoilers. Searches can be made using the these categories:

Principal characters

People who play an extensive and important role in the case. Killers, victims and clients are considered de facto primary.

Secondary characters

People who play an extensive not less important role in the case.

All principle and secondary characters

Killer(s)

Victim(s)

Client(s)

Minor characters

Other people who play minor role but are still germane to the plot.

Non-germane Characters

Characters mentioned in passing or who occur mainly to make the story more realistic. For example:

• The orchid growers that petition Wolfe to take the Red Box case.
• Doormen, miscellaneous policemen and officials.
• A major character from another book that's mentioned.

Included primarily for character searches.

Weapons

Only those used in the crimes, e.g. Archie's guns are not included. Select the spoiler option to see how it was used.

NOTE: The intent is to include all names mentioned in the book. Please send me email if I missed a name or you disagree with a categorization or facts in a bio - I'm more than willing to reconsider.

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