The Final Verdict. The Murder of Three

Nero Wolfe, a passionate orchid collector, a gourmet, a beer lover, and a great detective, virtually never leaves his home. He solves all crimes based on the facts gathered by Archie Goodwin, his charming and ironic assistant with an... excellent memory. Thanks to the famous detective, the kidnapped husband of a millionaire is successfully returned home, but the next day he is found in the home library, crushed by a statue of Benjamin Franklin. Coincidence or murder?.. ("The Final Verdict"). The collection also includes stories in which three female visitors come to Wolfe. One of them is strangled in the detective's office with his own tie, the second confesses that she is trying to stop herself from shooting her husband, and the third, a fierce police hater, asks the detective to expose counterfeiters.