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| Author | Rex Stout |
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| Cover artist | Bill English |
| Language | English |
| Series | Nero Wolfe |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | September 6, 1949 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 245 pp. (first edition) |
| OCLC | 1468849 |
| Preceded by | Trouble in Triplicate |
| Followed by | Three Doors to Death |
The Second Confession is a detective novel by American author Rex Stout, featuring the character Nero Wolfe. The book was first published by the Viking Press in 1949. The story was also collected in other omnibus volumes, including Triple Zeck (Viking 1974). This is the second of three Nero Wolfe novels that involve crime boss Arnold Zeck – Wolfe's Professor Moriarty. In this novel he telephones Wolfe to warn him off an investigation and retaliates when Wolfe refuses to cooperate. Though the crime is solved, the ending is left open.