Nero Wolfe has left his comfortable brownstone for the promise of a remarkably rare black orchid at a flower showbut before Wolfe and his perennially hardy sidekick, Archie Goodwin, have a chance to stop and smell the roses, a diabolically daring murder takes place right under their noses and puts a blight on the proceedings. Now Wolfes fancy turns to thoughts of weeding out a murdererone whos definitely not a gardenvariety killer. Only then will Wolfe be ready to throw his weight into a secondthorny case, involving a rich society widow bedeviled by poisonpen lettersand a poisonous plot as black as Wolfes orchids . . . with roots that are even more twisted.Introduction by Lawrence BlockIt is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.The New York Times Book ReviewA grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of Americas greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertainedand puzzledmillions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory manabouttown, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventythree cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

Binding: Paperback;208 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: FF; Weight: 246 g; Dimensions: 175 x 107 x 16

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