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Story Information: First Composed: 1941 First Published: 1942 From Collection: Black Orchids Location: New York City & upstate New York Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan Victim #1: Bess Huddleston (at upstate NY home) Murderer: Janet Nichols Motive: Prevented her from marrying Lawrence Huddleston Weapon: Tetanus in iodine bottle Client: Bess Huddleston (to learn who was ruining her business) Fee: None (felt obliged to avenge her death) Story Synopsis: Nero Wolfe drops the Huddleston case upon learning of her death, but he furiously moves to expose the murderer because Inspector Cramer removes an invited dinner guest from his home. Archie Goodwin suspects another motive was that Wolfe knew Huddleston would be murdered and he failed to prevent it. Along with solving the case, Wolfe and Fritz Brenner are shown the secret of making corned beef hash by a southern belle who slips her arm around Wolfe's rotundity. |
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© Page Publisher: Duane R. Hurst
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