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** The covers of the volumes published in the 70's and 80's were horribly inaccurate to the stories inside them; the cover blurbs were worse. It's claimed that the marketing department thought it best to make Stout reprints look like thrillers instead of mysteries, since the traditional mystery had gained a reputation among the general public of being only fit for [[Crazy Cat Lady|"pathetic spinsters"]] who found thrillers and suspense novels too "scary".

** In ''Over My Dead Body'', Wolfe says that he was born in the US. In every other story that makes mention of his place of birth, he says it was Montenegro. [[Word of God]], in the form of a letter from Rex Stout to his authorized biographer, John McAleer says:

* [[FBI Agent]]: An unusually harsh treatment of the FBI for the time in ''The Doorbell Rang''.

* [[First-Person Smartass]]: Archie, who views witty repartee as an art form.

** Wolfe's office chair is "the only chair [Wolfe] enjoyed sitting in."

* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Nero.

* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]: Nero Wolfe, arguably.

* [[Multiple Choice Past]] A mild case. In the novel ''the Second Confession'' Wolfe gives prospective clients an exposition of his life, saying that he was born in the U.S. In every other story where he mentions his youth, he says he was born in Montenegro. (However, see [[Executive Meddling]] above for the real reason for this.)