About the book: 1952 / Priscilla Eads asks Wolfe to hide her in his house for a week. Wulf finds that such a request is “completely unacceptable” and puts the tenant out on the street. The girl goes to her home and dies. She is the heiress of a giant corporation. Many benefit from her death. Archie Goodwin, seeing that his boss doesn't care about what happened, begins his own investigation. At the same time, he manages to give Lieutenant Rawcliffe a reason to put himself behind bars. Wording: “impersonated a police officer and obstructed the investigation.” Wolfe is forced to announce Archie Goodwin as his client in order to get him out of prison and continue the investigation..