About the book: 1961 / Conservative in his habits, Wolfe has a permanent shoe shiner, Peter Vassoz, who has been coming to clean his shoes three times a week for several years. But then Peter becomes a witness to a murder, and then he himself becomes a victim of murder. His daughter Elma Vassoz turns to Wulf for help, and he takes her under his protection. And it’s not about the amount of the fee - after all, it turns out that the late Vassoz considered Nero Wolfe a great man…