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Where A Right to Die sits
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- Book 40 of Nero Wolfe. See all Nero Wolfe books in order
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- Trio for Blunt Instruments
- The book after
- The Doorbell Rang
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- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com
What A Right to Die is about
The setup only, with no spoilers. Each line names the record it rests on.
- The clues seem to point to Dunbar Whipple, a well-educated Black man, as the one who killed Susan, his beautiful white fiancee. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Black, well-educated Dunbar Whipple is the murderer of his beautiful white fiancee Susan
- Nero Wolfe finds a surprising new motive. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
Nero Wolfe uncovers a startling new motive for the crime
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Other books in Nero Wolfe
47 books listed so far
- Book 1: Fer-de-Lance
- Book 2: The League of Frightened Men
- Book 3: The Rubber Band
- Book 4: The Red Box
- Book 5: Too Many Cooks
- Book 6: Some Buried Caesar
- Book 7: Over My Dead Body
- Book 8: Where There's a Will
- Book 9: Black Orchids
- Book 10: Not Quite Dead Enough
- Book 11: The Silent Speaker
- Book 12: Too Many Women
- Book 13: And Be a Villain
- Book 14: Trouble in Triplicate
- Book 15: The Second Confession
- Book 16: Three Doors to Death
- Book 17: In the Best Families
- Book 18: Curtains for Three
- Book 19: Murder by the Book
- Book 20: Triple Jeopardy
- Book 21: Prisoner's Base
- Book 22: The Golden Spiders
- Book 23: Three Men Out
- Book 24: The Black Mountain
- Book 25: Before Midnight
- Book 26: Three Witnesses
- Book 27: Might as Well Be Dead
- Book 28: Three for the Chair
- Book 29: If Death Ever Slept
- Book 30: And Four to Go
- Book 31: Champagne for One
- Book 32: Plot It Yourself
- Book 33: Three at Wolfe's Door
- Book 34: Too Many Clients
- Book 35: The Final Deduction
- Book 36: Homicide Trinity
- Book 37: Gambit
- Book 38: The Mother Hunt
- Book 39: Trio for Blunt Instruments
- Book 41: The Doorbell Rang
- Book 42: Death of a Doxy
- Book 43: The Father Hunt
- Book 44: Death of a Dude
- Book 45: Please Pass the Guilt
- Book 46: Family Affair
- Book 47: Death Times Three
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