Story Information: A&E Nero Wolfe Series (DVD Movie Collection)
Alternate Title: Out She Goes (United Kingdom)
First Composed: 1952
First Published: 1952
Location: New York City
Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan
Victim #1: Priscilla Eads (in NYC home)
Murderer: Siegfried Muecke
Motive: Gain half her property through fraud
Weapon: Fireplace poker to head; strangled with cord
Client: Archie Goodwin
Fee: Keep Archie from quitting
Victim #2: Margaret Fomos (in her NYC apartment)
Murderer: Siegfried Muecke
Motive: She knew he was an imposter
Weapon: Strangled with cord
Client: None
Fee: None
Victim #3: Sarah Jaffee (in her NYC apartment)
Murderer: Siegfried Muecke
Motive: Knew he was an imposter
Weapon: Bronze bookend to head; strangled with cord
Client: None
Fee: None Story Synopsis: Archie Goodwin tackles a murder case on his own until he is jailed; that,
together with being arrested himself by Lt. Rowcliff, goads
Nero Wolfe into solving the multiple murder case. The corpulent detective
resorts to sending Saul Panzer off to Peru for information. Archie likewise
is stumped and even volunteers to work under Inspector Cramer
and buys Sgt. Stebbins a dinner. The intricate affair
ironically begins and ends over Archie's torn paycheck.