Nero Wolfe gets mixed signals at a radio station when a live guest drops dead while on the air.

The rubber band -- In all his years of detecting, the unflappable Nero Wolfe has never encountered an investigation as damnably messy as this one. For what began as a clean case of larceny quickly sank into a quagmire of blackmail and broken promises, international scandal and cold-blooded murder. Now Wolfe and his assistant, Archie Goodwin must bridge eras and oceans to find the link between a Wild West lynching and a respected British peer. Only...

Detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin investigate a high-society kidnapping that turns into murder.

In Plot it Yourself, Nero Wolfe, with the help of his associate Archie, must not only solve a mystery involving plagiarism and blackmail, but also catch a vicious killer.

"Archie Goodwin and Saul Panzer have ventured into the wilds of northern Manhattan to watch the Giants take on the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds. Panzer spies state senator Orson Milbank, a silver-haired scoundrel with enemies in every corner of upstate New York, sitting in the box seats. In the fourth inning, a monstrous line drive brings every fan in the grandstand to his feet -- every fan save for one silver-haired senator, who has been shot dead...

Collects three stories in which Nero Wolfe solves three crimes involving a poisoning, a murdered police officer, and a monkey who witnessed a killing.