Madeline Fraser, radio talk show host extraordinaire, had a natural
dread of dead air. So when one of her on-air guests signed off at the
mike after drinking a glass of a sponsor's beverage, it was a
broadcaster's nightmare come true. Enter Nero Wolfe. He agrees to take
the case, with his sizable fee contingent on his solving the murder. But
to Wolfe's surprise, everyone connected to the case now lies in unison
about it. And as the portly detective soon discovers, the secret worth
lying about only hides another worth killing for.
Introduction by Maan Meyers
"It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has
entered our folklore."--The New York Times Book Review
A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America's greatest
mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the
greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe
have entertained--and puzzled--millions 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.