THE SECOND CONFESSION

The ponderous pundit and pluperfectly plump prima donna of crime detection at it again. Nero Wolfe and sharp tongued Archie head into Communism to satisfy a wealthy client's desire to protect his daughter, head-on into murder, the wrecking of Wolfe's greenhouse and further threats from the omniscient Mr. Zeck. Wolfe assembles and reassembles his facts — and figures — and stages a stratagem — with the help of the heads of the Party- to extract the truth. As before — showmanship and saleability.