The Rubber Band (A Nero Wolfe Mystery) (Mystery Masters)

This mystery from one of Americas best-loved writers features one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time: Nero Wolfe. An orchid-growing, gourmandizing, demanding genius, Wolfe solves this case with the able assistance of his legman, Archie Goodwin, who narrates with his usual wry humor. In all his years of detecting, the unflappable Nero Wolfe has never encountered an investigation as messy as this one. What began as a clean case of larceny quickly sank into a quagmire of blackmail, broken promises, and cold-blooded murder. Wolfe and Archie must bridge eras and oceans to connect a Wild West lynching to a respected British peer. Only then can they save their beautiful clientand a hotly disputed stake of a cool million dollars.