[.ca] Not Quite Dead Enough and Booby Trap: Two Nero Wolfe ... (ISBN 1572703628)

Not Quite Dead Enough and Booby Trap:
A welcome distraction for Wolfe fans. While worthy of the Wolfe name, neither of these stories has the amount of plot and character depth as most of Stout's other novels. But that by no means, means that these stories aren't an interesting listen. Prichard of course delivers the subtle differences of every character in his inimitable way. Not Quite Dead Enough is the best of the two, and is in my opinion, one of Stout's best short stories. Booby Trap shows a bit of a 'dark side' of Wolfe, wherein, ***spoiler*** he persuades a murderer to commit suicide near the end. But overall this collection is a must-read for Wolfe fanatics, as is pretty much every other Wolfe novel.