First published in 1955, this is one of the Nero Wolfe mysteries. Wolfe is hired by an advertising firm after one of their employees is found murdered, and his wallet is stolen. The wallet contained the answers to a competition which has been reduced to the 5 final contestants. The advertising wants Wolfe to determine who stole the answers, and how to resolve the contest without getting a lot of bad publicity.
Wolfe has to deal with the 5 finalists, all of whom seem to annoy him, the advertising firm's executives, who also annoy him, and the police, who are annoying and officious. Basically, a typical Nero Wolfe story.
Not one of my favorite stories, but still enjoyable.There are a lot of possible suspects, Wolfe does a lot of reading, and Archie tries to prod Wolfe into solving the mystery. There are parts where it is a little slow moving, but it is still an enjoyable read.
This is part of my 2014 Vintage Mystery Bingo Challenge--Golden--E--Book with a time, day, month, etc. in title.
This is also a re-read for my Read It Again, Sam Challenge.
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