Tonight I drank this excellent beer and finished my first novel-length Nero Wolfe mystery. It‘s from 1939, so expect some sexism & racial slurs, but the character dynamics are tops and the narrative voice is gold. I love how Archie Goodwin notices people‘s clothes, too. Suits are important.
Also of note: Rex Stout waged a personal campaign against Nazism during the war, and you can see the seeds of that here with how he handles the German agent.