COOKS AND CROOKS
It is an event when Nero Wolfe leaves his orchidaceous apartment, almost when' he leaves his chair; and here he is in "Too Many Cooks" making a train journey to Kanawha Spa, to be the guest of honour of the Fifteen Master Cooks, at their five-yearly gathering from the centres of the world, and to deliver a homily on America's contribution to the culinary art. While he is there, a test is arranged of the chef's gustatory skill, and the arranger of the test, the chef whom several of his confreres have, reason to detest, is stabbed behind a screen in the middle of it.
Nero is reluctant to take a hand, in the inquiry; his act of co-operation is little more than a gesture to prove his disinterestedness, but it takes the form of a subtle suggestion that unexpectedly leads to the arrest of a chef whose friendship he values. So he goes a stage further, to secure Berin's release. And then he is shot at and wounded —and this spurs him on to catch the murderer without missing his homeward train to New York. He delivers his address, and at its conclusion turns to the theme of the murder, and brilliantly, in full conclave, solves the mystery. -
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 134, 3 December 1938, Page 27
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212COOKS AND CROOKS Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 134, 3 December 1938, Page 27
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