The Second Confession
Author: Rex Stout
When a millionaire businessman hires Nero Wolfe to investigate his daughter s boyfriend, hoping to find that he s a member of the Communist Party, Wolfe suspects it’s nothing more than an overprotective father. But after a powerful gangland boss advises him to drop the matter and machine-gun fire rips into his beloved orchids Wolfe realizes it s much more than a father s o….Read More
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