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Character · The brownstone on West 35th Street · 30 books

Purley Stebbins

Cramer’s sergeant · Rex Stout

Purley Stebbins is Cramer’s sergeant.

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Character facts

First appearance
Fer-de-Lance (1934)
Latest appearance
A Family Affair (1975)
Books
30 (30 minor)
Series
Nero Wolfe
Author
Rex Stout
Circle
The brownstone on West 35th Street

Where to meet Purley Stebbins

Purley Stebbins first appears in Fer-de-Lance (1934), in a minor role, book 1 of the Nero Wolfe series.

Buy Fer-de-Lance

Every book with Purley Stebbins

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1934·Fer-de-Lanceminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  2. 1935·The League of Frightened Menminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  3. 1936·The Rubber Bandminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  4. 1937·The Red Boxminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  5. 1939·Some Buried Caesarminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  6. 1940·Over My Dead Bodyminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  7. 1940·Where There’s a Willminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  8. 1946·The Silent Speakerminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  9. 1947·Too Many Womenminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  10. 1948·And Be a Villainminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  11. 1949·The Second Confessionminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  12. 1950·In the Best Familiesminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  13. 1951·Murder by the Bookminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  14. 1952·Prisoner’s Baseminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  15. 1953·The Golden Spidersminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  16. 1955·Before Midnightminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  17. 1956·Might as Well Be Deadminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  18. 1957·If Death Ever Sleptminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  19. 1958·Champagne for Oneminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  20. 1959·Plot It Yourselfminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  21. 1960·Too Many Clientsminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  22. 1961·The Final Deductionminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  23. 1962·Gambitminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  24. 1963·The Mother Huntminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  25. 1964·A Right to Dieminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  26. 1965·The Doorbell Rangminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  27. 1966·Death of a Doxyminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  28. 1968·The Father Huntminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  29. 1973·Please Pass the Guiltminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  30. 1975·A Family Affairminor role · Nero WolfeBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Archie GoodwinWolfe’s assistant, legman and narrator30
Fred Durkin and Orrie CatherFreelance operatives30
Fritz BrennerWolfe’s Swiss chef30
Inspector CramerHead of Manhattan Homicide30
Lon CohenNewspaperman and Archie’s friend30
Nero WolfeDetective genius, orchid grower and gourmet30