Story Information: A&E Nero Wolfe Series (DVD Movie Collection)
First Composed: 1944
First Published: 1945
From Collection: Trouble in Triplicate
Location: New York City;
Washington D.C.
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Victim #1: Ben Jensen (at his NYC apartment)
Murderer: Thomas Root
Motive: Blamed for death of Root's son
Weapon: Granville .38 pistol (in heart)
Client: Nero Wolfe
Fee: Avoid becoming murderer's next victim
Victim #2: Doyle (same time as Jensen)
Murderer: Thomas Root
Motive: Bodyguard to Jensen
Weapon: Granville .38 pistol (in back)
Client: None
Fee: None Story Synopsis: Nero Wolfe rejects a $5,000 offer from
Ben Jensen for protective services and claims to be uninterested in the man's murderer--uninterested until Wolfe receives a
similar anonymous letter threat from the murderer. Wolfe and
Inspector Cramer
exchange hot words when Cramer arrives with a search warrant. Archie Goodwin
returns to find a fat double for Wolfe entrenched in the West 35th Street office, a double that presents more trouble than an
obnoxious habit for crunching gingersnap cookies.