A glass of champagne. Compose yourself. Stout R.

Niro Wolfe, a passionate collector of an orchid, a big gourmet, a beer lover and a great detective, almost never leaves the house. He unravels all crimes on the basis of the facts that Archie Goodwin collects, his charming, ironic assistant with excellent memory. Several girls who gave birth to children out of marriage were invited to the annual charity reception, and the same number of young people, including Archie Goodwin.

, in the break between dancing, one of the girls, having drunk champagne, dies. However, many people know that she constantly carries a bubble with poison. The police and guests consider this terrible incident suicide, and only Goodwin insists that the girl was killed. Wolfe is taken up to work to prove the case of Archie (“Glamp of Champagne”).

The famous detective is faced with an unusual situation, when members of the Plagiarism Committee requested help with a request for help. The problem is that every time after the release of the new bestseller, a little -known writer is announced, accusing the author of the book of theft of the plot. Wolfe is taken to find a swindler, but very soon the case of plagiarism accepts a new turn and turns into a murder case (“compose yourself”).