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Story Information: Nero Wolfe: Rome Series (DVD Italian Collection) First Composed: 1933 First Published: 1934 First Nero Wolfe story written by Rex Stout Location: New York City & Pleasantville, New York Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan Victim #1: Peter Oliver Barstow (at Green Meadow Golf Club in Pleasantville) Murderer: Manuel Kimball Motive: Accident (intended victim was E.D. Kimball) Weapon: Poison needle shot from a golf club Client: Ellen Barstow Fee: $50,000 (offered as an open reward); also $10,000 from Fletcher M. Anderson, Westchester County District Attorney Victim #2: Carlo Maffei (found in a thicket in Westchester County, NY) Murderer: Manuel Kimball Motive:Maffei was attempting blackmail because he knew Manuel was the murderer of Barstow Weapon: Knife (in the back) Client: Anna Fiore Fee: None (done as a favor to Fred Durkin and because Wolfe collected a fee from Barstow and wheedled money from Anderson) Victim #3: E.D. Kimball (at his estate in Westchester) Murderer: Manuel Kimball Motive: Kimball killed Manuel's mother when he was a child Weapon: Manuel deliberately crashed his airplane, killing both he and his father, E.D. Kimball Client: None Fee: None Story Synopsis: First Rex Stout story about the corpulent New York City detective, Nero Wolfe, and his omnipresent side-kick, Archie Goodwin. Wolfe causes a stir when he sends Archie to Westchester County to bet that an autopsy will reveal that a prominent university president was murdered and did not die of a heart attack, as a doctor and friend of the Barstow family had announced. Wolfe ties in another murder and leaves the Westchester County DA with egg on the face. Archie belts a County lawyer while defending Wolfe's private property, and he later awards $1,000 to a homely girl who provided vital clues in helping solve the case. The story begins with Wolfe sampling 59 beer brands. He later brandishes a bottle and crushes a fer-de-lance that Manuel Kimball had delivered to Wolfe's home. |
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