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Character · The brownstone on West 35th Street · 33 books

Saul Panzer

Freelance operative and the best in New York · Rex Stout

Saul Panzer is a freelance operative, the best in New York.

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Character facts

First appearance
Fer-de-Lance (1934)
Latest appearance
A Family Affair (1975)
Books
33 (33 minor)
Series
Nero Wolfe
Author
Rex Stout
Circle
The brownstone on West 35th Street

Where to meet Saul Panzer

Saul Panzer 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 Saul Panzer

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. 1938·Too Many Cooksminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  6. 1939·Some Buried Caesarminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  7. 1940·Over My Dead Bodyminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  8. 1940·Where There’s a Willminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  9. 1946·The Silent Speakerminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  10. 1947·Too Many Womenminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  11. 1948·And Be a Villainminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  12. 1949·The Second Confessionminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  13. 1950·In the Best Familiesminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  14. 1951·Murder by the Bookminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  15. 1952·Prisoner’s Baseminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  16. 1953·The Golden Spidersminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  17. 1954·The Black Mountainminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  18. 1955·Before Midnightminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  19. 1956·Might as Well Be Deadminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  20. 1957·If Death Ever Sleptminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  21. 1958·Champagne for Oneminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  22. 1959·Plot It Yourselfminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  23. 1960·Too Many Clientsminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  24. 1961·The Final Deductionminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  25. 1962·Gambitminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  26. 1963·The Mother Huntminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  27. 1964·A Right to Dieminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  28. 1965·The Doorbell Rangminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  29. 1966·Death of a Doxyminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  30. 1968·The Father Huntminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  31. 1969·Death of a Dudeminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  32. 1973·Please Pass the Guiltminor role · Nero WolfeBuy
  33. 1975·A Family Affairminor role · Nero WolfeBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Archie GoodwinWolfe’s assistant, legman and narrator33
Fred Durkin and Orrie CatherFreelance operatives33
Fritz BrennerWolfe’s Swiss chef33
Lon CohenNewspaperman and Archie’s friend33
Nero WolfeDetective genius, orchid grower and gourmet33
Theodore HorstmannWolfe’s orchid nurse33