The Golden Spiders

Wealthy clients support Nero Wolfe’s penchant for fine food and prize orchids. So why has the brilliant sleuth taken a case for $4.30? Better yet, why were his last two clients murdered? Wolfe’s assistant, Archie Goodwin, goes undercover as a mortician to find out. And Wolfe ponders the cryptic a gray Cadillac, a mysterious woman, a pair of earrings — shaped like spiders and dipped in gold.