"A less arguable omnibus [than the first Fleming omnibus, GILT-EDGED BONDS (Macmillan, $4.95)] stars Nero Wolfe in Rex Stout's FIVE OF A KIND (Viking, $3.95) which contains the fine early vintage "The Rubber Band" (1936), the preposterous but enjoyable "In the Best Families" (1950), in which Wolfe duels with his own equivalent of Moriarty, and the three novelettes gathered in 1950 as "Three Doors to Death"—including "Door to Death" itself, one of my high favorites among Wolfe's shorter cases."
"One virtue I must acknowledge: nobody writes about gambling better than Fleming, and the first half of "Casino" is a brilliant novelette. From there on, I wish somebody would tell me why this is fun for so many."
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