Champagne for One (Nero Wolfe Series) » (Unabridged)

This mystery from one of America's best-loved writers features one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time ? Nero Wolfe. An orchid-growing, gourmandizing, demanding genius, Wolfe solves this case with the able assistance of his legman, Archie Goodwin, who narrates with his usual wry humor. It all began at the annual gala for unwed mothers. When Faith Usher died after drinking champagne at the soiree, everyone assumed it was suicide ? everyone knew she carried a bottle of poison around with her. But Archie, who was watching as she drank, insists it was murder. Now it's all up to Nero Wolfe, who is even more stubborn than usual, asking question after question until he learns the surprising truth.

Library Journal

In this 1958 Nero Wolfe mystery, the rotund, beer-guzzling supersleuth and his sidekick, Archie Goodwin, endeavor to prove that a socialite's apparent suicide was actually a murder.