The silent speaker. Too many women. 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 the crimes on the basis of the facts that Archie Goodwin collects, his charming, ironic assistant with excellent memory.

Niro Wulf and Archie Goodwin take two new affairs. In the Waldorf Hotel, right before the performance at the conference of the National Association of Industrialists, they kill the head of a competing organization. And only dictaphone records will help to find a killer. Never before, the famous detective had to do a business in which there would be a thousand suspects in the murder... A large company hires Wolfe to investigate the circumstances of the death of an employee shot down by a car. Archie sets dates to employees of the company in the hope of getting useful information and have a good time. But only Wulfs manage to draw out recognition from witnesses...