If Death Ever Slept
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| Author | Rex Stout |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Nero Wolfe |
| Genre(s) | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Released | October 25, 1957 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 186 pp. |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-553-76296-6 |
| Preceded by | Three for the Chair |
| Followed by | And Four to Go |
If Death Ever Slept is a Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1957 and collected in the omnibus volume Three Trumps (Viking 1973).
[edit] Plot summary
Millionaire Otis Jarrell retains Nero Wolfe to get a snake out of his house – the snake being his daughter-in-law, whom he believes is ruining his business deals by leaking information to his competitors. Since Archie and Wolfe are in the midst of one of their periodic squabbles, it is decided that Archie will move into Jarrell's Fifth Avenue penthouse apartment, posing as his new secretary, While he's away, Orrie tests out Archie's desk.
[edit] Characters in If Death Ever Slept
- Nero Wolfe – Private investigator
- Archie Goodwin – Wolfe's assistant (and narrator of all Wolfe stories)
- Otis Jarrell – Millionaire
- Trella Jarrell – Otis Jarrell's second wife
- Lois Jarrell – Otis Jarrell's daugher by his first wife, and a good dancer
- Wyman Jarrell – Otis Jarrell's son by his first wife
- Susan Jarrell – Otis Jarrell's daughter-in-law
- Roger Foote – Trella's brother
- Nora Kent – Stenographer
- James L. Eber – Ex-secretary
- Corey Brigham – Friend of the family
- Saul Panzer, Fred Durkin, Orrie Cather, Dol Bonner, Sally Colt – Private detectives employed by Wolfe
- Inspector Cramer, Sgt. Purley Stebbins – Manhattan Homicide investigators
