Story Information: A&E Nero Wolfe Series (DVD Movie Collection)
First Composed: 1961
First Published: 1961
From Collection: Trio for Blunt Instruments
Location: New York City
Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan
Victim #1: Kenneth Faber (behind Rusterman's NYC restaurant)
Murderer: Duncan McLeod
Motive: Faber claimed to impregnate his daughter
Weapon: 16 5/8" iron pipe to head
Client: Archie Goodwin
Fee: Clear Archie of murder charge Story Synopsis: Inspector Cramer arrests
Archie Goodwin as a murder suspect in this thriller.
Nero Wolfe retaliates by exposing the culprit, though
not before he breaks his orchid schedule to intercept a dynamite bomb intended for him. The murderer commits suicide.