MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD
by Rex Stout
The missing person that Nero Wolfe contracts to find turns out to be in prison for murder so His Obesity is forced to undo a conviction before he can claim his fee. Backtracking where the police have not, Wolfe's able crew untangle the dead man's connections, set off three more killings and present him with enough facts that sting to pounce on the real killer. All the tricks in the trade.