| Faith Usher told anyone willing to listen that she wanted to kill herself. Everyone knew that she carried a bottle of poison around with her. So when she dies after drinking champagne at the annual gala for unwed mothers at Mrs. Robilotti's mansion, everyone present - and everyone not present - insists it was suicide: the police, Faith's dancing partner, her friends, and the father of her child. All except Archie Goodwin, who was watching as she drank. He says it was murder. Now it's up to Nero Wolfe, the housebound genius who happens to be Archie's boss, to prove it. And the portly orchid-grower is even more stubborn and insistent than usual. Everyone, from the police on down, demands he stop looking for the answer. Wolfe barrels right on and keeps asking questions until he learns the truth. Who killed Faith Usher? Rex Stout (1886-1975) is dubbed the Grand Old Man of American Crime Fiction. During his lifetime, he published 72 mysteries; ten years after his death, a 73rd novel, featuring Nero Wolfe, was discovered and published in Death Times Three. |
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