| Nero Wolfe has a precise schedule and insists on his idiosyncrasies: he doesn't like his gourmet meals interrupted, he hates to leave his house, and he won't be distracted from his 10,000 orchids. In this mystery, first published in 1952, Archie is the client for a change. He needs help and has only the misanthropic genius to turn to. Three women have been strangled and he feels responsible for the deaths of two of them. In fact, one of them was expecting a big birthday present - an $8 million dollar inheritance; she just had to live until June 30th to receive it. Unfortunately, she didn't make the date. All of the owners of Softdown, Incorporated, a husband, and an ex-husband are all the chief suspects in the 15th Nero Wolfe mystery from The Audio Partners. Favorites such as Purley Stebbins, the Gazette's Lon Cohen, Inspector Cramer, and Lieutenant Rowcliff of Manhattan Homicide contribute to solving the puzzle. But it's Nero Wolfe, at his glorious best in assembling the entire cast of characters in his brownstone office on West 35th Street, who brings all the pieces together. |
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