About the book: 1950 / Nero Wolfe gathers members of the Manhattan Flower Club at his home. While they were admiring the orchids, someone strangled one of the guests, Cynthia, in Wolfe’s office. This gives Kremer a reason to seal Wolfe's office as a crime scene. The inaccessibility of his favorite chair awakens an incredible surge of bile in Wulf. In retaliation, the entire police force, with Kremer at its head, is exposed to ridicule! Only Goodwin is not funny: he gets shot in the shoulder.