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 on the basis of the facts collected by Archie Goodwin, his charming, ironic assistant with an excellent memory. Several girls who gave birth to children out of wedlock, and the same number of young men, are invited to the millionaire’s annual charity reception, and among them Archie Goodwin . During a break between dances, one of the girls dies after drinking champagne. However, many people know that she constantly carries a bottle of poison with her. The police and all the guests consider it a suicide, and only Goodwin insists that the girl was killed. Wolfe takes up the case to prove Archie right...