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Story Information: Nero Wolfe: Complete Series (DVD TV Collection) First Composed: 1943 First Published: 1944 From Collection: Not Quite Dead Enough Location: New York City Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan Victim #1: Albert Cross (in Bascombe Hotel, NYC) Murderer: John Bull Shattuck Motive: Learned of Shattuck's corruption Weapon: Pushed from 12th floor window Client: U.S. Army Intelligence Fee: None Victim #2: Harold Ryder (in his NYC office) Murderer: John Bull Shattuck Motive: Ryder was to expose Shattuck's corruption Weapon: Pink hand grenade Client: U.S. Army Intelligence Fee: None Story Synopsis: This is another of Nero Wolfe's World War II capers in which he exposes a murderer, despite being compelled to leave his home to solve the case. Archie Goodwin stubs his toe trying to cozy up to a luscious female suspect, but eventually learns of her connection in a wartime industrial espionage deal. Wolfe assists the murderer in committing suicide with a grenade in Van Cortland Park. |
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