Nero Wolfe, an avid orchid collector, a great gourmet, a beer lover and a great detective, almost never leaves the house. He unravels all the crimes based on the facts collected by Archie Goodwin, his charming, ironic assistant with an excellent memory. During a live radio broadcast, one of the guests dies from poison added to an advertised drink. Archie has difficulty persuading Wolfe to take up the investigation of this murder. And here the king of the underworld, Arnold Zeck, appears for the first time...