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Story Information: First Composed: 1939 First Published: 1940 Location: New York City & upstate New York Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan Victim #1: Noel Hawthorne (in country home near NYC) Murderer: Glen Prescott Motive: Prescott wished to marry Naomi Karn Weapon: Shotgun (in head) Client: John Charles Dunn Fee: Unspecified Victim #2: Naomi Karn (in Dunn NYC home) Murderer: Glen Prescott Motive: Karn ditched him Weapon: Strangled with linen wrap Client: None Fee: None Story Synopsis: The famous Hawthorne sisters hire Nero Wolfe to investigate a will but he must solve a double murder as part of the job. Moreover, his vanity is pricked into assisting the U.S. Secretary of State; he even leaves his home to solve the murders. Archie Goodwin is angered when Wolfe skedaddles for home and dinner after Karn's body is discovered. |
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