Preparing for the upcoming Christmas party, Archie and Nero have conflicting ideas on socializing. Archie parts ways to have a festive time, and the drinks flow from a bar tender…
An aging broad, Hattie, needs the services of Nero Wolfe. Archie is inclined to give her the brush off, but when a dame, 30 years younger comes around he is…
Audio quality is excellent. The king of the black market doesn't take no for an answer, so Archie Goodwin isn't taking any chances when he's invited to go for a…
A phone call from an exotic woman gets Archie Goodwin's attention, but when a gunshot sounds, it turns into the next case for Nero Wolfe. Going to the scene, Archie…
Nero ponders whether he should take the case that may prevent a murder. And he will... After the pressing matter of a game of solitaire is resolved, Nero gives the…
Details of a murder come to the office of Nero Wolfe. Revenge seems the clear motive for the murder, but the man who is blamed claims that it's all lies. Time is of the essence, so Archie Goodwin is sent out to do the foot work in gathering clues, talking to the hot dames, and checking on timelines of where everyone involved in the crime was located.
Though Nero is far from interested in taking on a new case, or leaving the comforts of home, Archie responds to a phone call. Jenkins is a little, dried up, old man who delivers a letter, but it hasn't come from the person it was addressed by. Archie seems to have been set on a wild goose chase. Has it all been a ruse to get Archie on the scene to witness a crime?
Arthur Murrow is an author who needs the chair bound detective, Nero Wolfe, to leave his orchids and beer, and come to his office. Nero gripes about the inconvenience of it all, Archie checks out the cute elevator operator, but when they arrive in the office, they find that Arthur Murrow has a knife in his back.
Doing a professional courtesy for a doctor friend, Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe take their midnight ride to help him out. Have they just witnessed a murder over the phone? Who is Gloria? Comparing notes with the doctor, they find they've had the same phone call, from Gloria Farnsworth, a classmate of the doctor. Nero has long lost interest in the matter by the time the cops come calling.