About the book: 1961 / Lucy Hazen comes to see Wolfe. Lucy begins by placing a revolver on the table. Then he admits that he has long wanted to shoot his husband, Barry Hazen. She says that now, having poured out her soul, she will be able not to kill her husband. While Wolfe is showing the visitor the orchids, Goodwin turns on the radio and hears a message that Barry Hazen was shot in the back this morning! Trusting Archie's intuition, Wulf undertakes to prove the innocence of Lucy, who has become the accused..