Rex Todhunter Stout (1886-1975) was an American detective story writer and creator Nero Wolfe. The selection of his ten favorite detective novels was published in Vincent Starrett's Books and Bipeds in 1947.
| 1 |
Wilkie Collins |
The Moonstone 월장석 |
| 2 |
Dashiell Hammett |
The Maltese Falcon 말타의 매 |
| 3 |
S. S. Van Dine |
The Benson Murder Case 벤슨 살인 사건 |
| 4 |
Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace |
The Documents in the Case |
| 5 |
G. K. Chesterton |
The Innocence of Father Brown 브라운 신부의 동심 |
| 6 |
H. C. Bailey |
Call Mr. Fortune 포춘을 불러라 |
| 7 |
Frances Noyes Hart |
The Bellamy Trial |
| 8 |
Freeman Wills Crofts |
The Cask 통 |
| 9 |
Agatha Christie |
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 애크로이드 살인 사건 |
| 10 |
Michael Innes |
Lament for a Maker |