Champagne for One
Champagne for One by Rex Stout is a reissue published by Random House Publishing Group on December 8, 1995. This 224-page novel unfolds at a high society dinner party where Faith Usher, known for her morbid outlook on life, collapses after consuming a lethal champagne cocktail. While the police quickly label her death a suicide, private investigator Archie Goodwin suspects foul play, prompting the legendary detective Nero Wolfe to take on the case despite warnings from four men against it.
Readers will find a captivating mystery that intertwines themes of philanthropy, deception, and blackmail as Wolfe and Goodwin navigate the complexities of the crime. The narrative presents a tantalizing puzzle involving an unrepentant killer who may have executed the perfect crime. This edition continues the tradition of Stout’s celebrated Nero Wolfe series, appealing to fans of cozy mysteries and traditional detective stories.
Official synopsis Publisher
Faith Usher had a decidedly morbid personality. She talked about taking her life, and kept cyanide in her purse. So when she collapses and dies from a lethal champagne cocktail in the middle of a high society dinner party, everyone calls it suicide—including the police. But Archie was watching it all, and suspects it was murder. So does Nero Wolfe, especially after he’s warned by four men against taking the case. For the world’s most formidable detective it is a tantalizing puzzle involving an unlikely combination of philanthropy, deception, blackmail, and an unrepentant killer who just may have committed the perfect crime.
Introduction by Lena Horne
“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review
A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.
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