With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel Kerr seemed to have the perfect setup. Now the well-kept lady is stone-cold dead, and the cops have nabbed a Manhattan private eye who just happens to be an acquaintance of Nero Wolfe. Unable to refuse a friend in need, the great detective deigns to get the gumshoe off the hook. Little does Wolfe realize that in a matter of hours heâll be entertaining a party of fools and lovers connected with the doxyâs death, including a mystery blackmailer, a sexy lounge singer, and a cold-blooded lady-killer.
Introduction by Sandra West Prowell
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âIt is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.ââThe New York Times Book Review
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A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of Americaâs greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertainedâand puzzledâmillions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.