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The Nero Wolfe Primer: And Be a Villain / Black Orchids / Champagne for One
The Nero Wolfe Primer And Be a Villain / Black Orchids / Champagne for One Author:Rex Stout Contains three Nero Wolfe mysteries written by Rex Stout. They include And Be a Villian, Black Orchids, and Champagne for One. — Black Orchids (Nero Wolfe, Bk 9) -- A remarkably rare black orchid at a flower show lures Nero Wolfe from his comfortable brownstone. But before the detective and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, can... more » stop and smell the roses, a diabolically daring murder puts a blight on the proceedings. The murderer to be weeded out is definitely not a garden-variety killer.
Wolfe must also throw his considerable weight into another thorny case, this one involving a rich society widow bedeviled by poison-pen letters -- and a poisonous plot as black as Wolfe's orchids with roots even more twisted.
Champagne for One -- Faith Usher talked about taking her own life and even kept cyanide in her purse. So when she died from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone called it suicide -- including the police. But Nero Wolfe isn’t convinced -- and neither is Archie. Especially when Wolfe is warned by four men against taking the case. Deception, blackmail, and a killer who may have pulled off the perfect crime… it’ s a challenge Nero Wolfe can’t resist.« less