Follow the world's greatest detective, Nero Wolfe, on a trail of
money, mayhem, and murder in three cases of capital crime.
The trail of bodies begins with the death of a self-made millionaire, a
fortune in uranium, and the perfect weapon . . . which no longer exists.
Then it's on to a rural lodge to teach two arrogant billionaires, a
foreign ambassador, and a famous diplomat that murder is bad for
business. Finally, it's a case of politics making the strangest of
bedfellows when a fake millionaire becomes a real corpse in the state
capital and the evidence has Nero and Archie in the hot seat.
Introduction by Sharyn McCrumb
"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.