Why did the late multimillionaire Noel Hawthorne leave his sisters, April, May, and June, a peach, a pear, and an apple? Why did he will the bulk of his considerable estate to a woman who was most definitely not his wife? Now Nero Wolfe, able, astute, and unscrupulous detective that he is, must get to the bottom of a will thatās left a whirlpool of menace . . . and a legacy of murder thatās about to be fulfilled.
Introduction by Dean R. Koontz
āIt is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.āāThe New York Times Book Review
A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of Americaās greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertainedāand puzzledāmillions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.
Why did the late multimillionaire Noel Hawthorne leave his sisters, April, May, and June, a peach, a pear, and an apple? Why did he will the bulk of his considerable estate to a woman who was most definitely not his wife? Now Nero Wolfe, able, astute, and unscrupulous detective that he is, must get to the bottom of a will thatās left a whirlpool of menace . . . and a legacy of murder thatās about to be fulfilled.
Introduction by Dean R. Koontz
āIt is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.āāThe New York Times Book Review
A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of Americaās greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertainedāand puzzledāmillions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.