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Story Information: First Composed: 1960 First Published: 1961 From Collection: Trio for Blunt Instruments Location: New York City Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan Victim #1: Dennis Ashby (in his NYC office) Murderer: John Mercer Motive: Threatened to work for rival company Weapon: Petrified wood to head; pushed from 10th floor window Client: None Fee: None Victim #2: Pete Vassos (in New Jersey) Murderer: John Mercer Motive: Knew Mercer was a murderer Weapon: Hit and pushed off cliff Client: Elma Vassos Fee: $1 retainer; assuage Wolfe's anger with Cramer Story Synopsis: Murder deprives Nero Wolfe of his bootblack and entangles him in a dual murder; it also gets a female in the south room for safekeeping. Wolfe initiates multi-million dollar lawsuits against murder suspects and Inspector Cramer. He tackles the case largely to strike back at Cramer's crude insults. |
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© Page Publisher: Duane R. Hurst
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