Three Doors to Death (Nero Wolfe Series)
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Overview
One by one, three new clients knock on Nero Wolfe's door, each with a case more perplexing than the one before. First comes the niece of a man who jumped naked into a geyser -- suicide. Then a murder victim's family arrives, covering for the real killer while a chef -- the accused -- stews in jail. Finally arrives a horticulturist who found his girlfriend dead and chilling in a hothouse.They've come to the right place: at Wolfe's West 35th street office, murder always feels at home.
"The Master of Detection meets his match...Wolfe masterfully untangles a mess of mixed motives." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
One by one they knocked on Nero Wolfe's door, each with a case more perplexing than the last: a suicide victim who turns up alive, only to be murdered anew; a murder victim's family who provides his killer with an alibi; and a master horticulturalist who finds the woman of his dreams--dead and cooling in his hothouse. Previous publisher: Viking.
Synopsis
One by one, three new clients knock on Nero Wolfe's door, each with a case more perplexing than the one before. First comes the niece of a man who jumped naked into a geyser -- suicide. Then a murder victim's family arrives, covering for the real killer while a chef -- the accused -- stews in jail. Finally arrives a horticulturist who found his girlfriend dead and chilling in a hothouse.
They've come to the right place: at Wolfe's West 35th street office, murder always feels at home.
"The Master of Detection meets his match...Wolfe masterfully untangles a mess of mixed motives." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)