It ́s a wily killer who dares to strike on Nero Wolfe ́s hallowed turf - and leave a corpse strangled with Wolfe ́s own soup-stained tie. But no sooner does the gourmandizing sleuth clean up this first course of murder than he faces a gun-toting wife who serves up a confession of homicidal intent - only to become the sole suspect when the corpus delicti is found. It ́s murder à la carte when the third course is served - a cop-hating landlady brings Wolfe counterfeit cash - that leads to genuine murder. It ́s up to Wolfe to see that the malefactors get their just deserts.