Miss Edna Alice only wants to improve her neighbors' morals and behavior. How could those ignorant local authorities believe her anonymous notes to those neighbors, pointing out their moral failings, are "poisoned pen" letters? A true masterpiece of very dark humor.

At first, it looked like red paint on the floor of the artists' studio - until the first body was discovered.

Investigator Ludovic Travers was uneasy about that promised murder - but could he keep it from coming true?

Three puzzling cases to be solved by the sedentary Nero Wolfe and his right-hand, wisecracking assistant, Archie Goodwin.