About the book: 1949 / Nero Wolfe, a passionate collector of orchids, a great gourmet, a beer lover and a great detective, almost never leaves the house. He unravels all the crimes based on the facts collected by Archie Goodwin, his charming, ironic assistant with an excellent memory. Wolfe takes on one case and receives a warning by phone, and his greenhouse with orchids is shot with machine guns. In addition, a young man about whose activities Wolfe must gather information dies, and his death turns out to be connected with Arnold Zeck…