The League of Frightened Men - Rex Stout
The League of Frightened Men is the second of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books and the first that had a character in it that creeped me out. The consequences of a youthful prank may be the motive behind the deaths of two men and the disappearance of a third. Wolfe and Archie need to discover just how far the wronged party would go to get revenge. All the characters in this novel are well constructed, even if they are not a major character. This is one of the things I like about Rex Stout, he didn't skimp on his characters. The plot is a little stretched but it does not ruin the plot as it avoids becoming tedious. This book also sees Nero Wolfe become the man of action, a rarity in itself but wonderfully done. Wolfe may not be as physically capable as he was in his youth, but his superb brain more than makes up for it.