Story Information: A&E Nero Wolfe Series (DVD Movie Collection)
Alternate Title: The Last Witness
First Composed: 1954
First Published: 1956
From Collection: Three Witnesses
Location: Katonah and New York City
Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan
Victim #1: Marie Willis (in her NYC office)
Murderer: Clyde Bagby
Motive: She planned to expose an extortion racket
Weapon: Strangled with phone cord
Client: Wolfe's self-esteem
Fee: None (probably receives an unspecified fee from the Ashe family) Story Synopsis: Nero Wolfe flabbergasts
Archie Goodwin when he leaves a courtroom prior to
giving his testimony, and then moving about in an attempt to solve the murder mystery. Both hide from the law in
Saul Panzer's apartment before Wolfe exposes the
murderer in his typically theatrical manner.