This is book 13 of the "Nero Wolfe" series.

This note contains spoilers for the book.

Had a terrible time picking something to read yesterday, and finally grabbed a couple of fairly random Nero Wolfe books. I seem to be reading non-sf mostly for filler these days. Haven't been back to the W.E.B. Griffin for a while, either; maybe I read those too much.

This was fun, anyway. I did remember the clever blackmail scheme (clever way to get the money; almost as clever as the one in I, Lucifer (#2).