Rex Stout is the author of a series of Detective Books based on the Character Nero Wolf, they are unlike any detective novels you have ever read.
The series is 49 novels in the Nero Wolf series alone that spans the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s...they are absorbing, very amusing at times and extremely entertaining. I have read all 49. Rex Stout has other novels also
Rex Stout died in 1975 he was 79 he was born in 1886
Nero wolf is not about any footwork, hes soley an obese genius at deduction based solely on the information provided by his gumshoe and VERY FUNNY assistant Archie Goodwin.
You can find the series in order from this link...the order of books, type in the author on the top right and there you go...
https://www.orderofbooks.com/