Contributions

  • Rex Stout - Author name as appears on this edition

Publication

1961 - Collins, London, United Kingdom

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC823.91

Description

When a powerful government official scheduled to speak to a group of millionaire business men turns up dead, it is an event worthy of the notice of the great Nero Wolfe. Balancing on the edge of financial ruin, the orchid-loving private detective grudgingly accepts the case. Soon a second victim is found bludgeoned to death, a missing stenographer's tape causes an uproar, and the dead official speaks, after a fashion. While the business world clamors for a solution, Wolfe patiently lays a trap that will net him a killer worth his weight in gold.

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