Theodore R. Janus is a world-renowned defense attorney whose client list is rife with underworld figures as well as the author of an encyclopedia on Rex Stout's famous detective, Nero Wolfe. It is in this latter guise that the Wolfe Pack, a group of aficionados of the fictional detective, will be honoring him at their annual Black Orchid dinner. In attendance will be the mystery-loving chief of detectives for the NYPD, Harvey Jacobs, as well as Sgt. John Bogdanovic, Jacobs's aide-de-camp.But, while Janus is being honored for his book, a mafia turncoat who is set to testify against one of Janus's clients unceremoniously jumps out of a window. At the crime scene there is evidence that seems to indicate that Janus himself had something to do with encouraging the suicide. But before Sergeant Bogdanovic and Chief of Detectives Jacobs can even begin to investigate the link, Janus himself is found dead. Now, together, they must find out if these two unlikely deaths are somehow connected and what, if anything, the two of them have to do with Nero Wolfe. Read Less