Published in 1990, based on Rex Stout's characters of Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. In this novel, when Archie is attending a SuperBowl party at Lily Rowan's home, a stunning commercial involving parachutists is shown, and one of the creators, Rod Mills, is also attending the party. He approaches Archie and asks for help with a problem at his ad agency.
When the three partners meet with Wolfe, it appears that the problem is industrial espionage--several of their ideas for Cherr-o-kee brand cherry soda have been used by their competition to promote AmeriCherry soda just before they can get their ideas produced. They feel someone in their agency is selling out the info to their competition.
When Archie is investigating, he discovers the body of a principal in the other ad agency, the only one who knew the name of the spy. Wolfe, as usual, determines who the murderer (and spy) really is.
I'm a huge fan of the Rex Stout Archie and Nero series of books, and was afraid I'd be disappointed in Goldborough's interpretation. I was pleasantly surprised to find he generally did a good job of continuing the series.
Bought Dec 2, 2013. Finished March 5, 2014. Part of my Mt. TBR Reading Challenge. It is also part of the Color Coded Challenge--A book with "Black" or any shade of Black.
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