Interrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find themselves drawn into a strange case when their young informant is found murdered. The victim's mother soon appears with his life savings totally $4.30, Wolfe's fee for taking the case! Archie's fancy legwork brings Wolfe to a mysterious woman with golden spider earrings. And when everyone else investigating the matter hits a dead end, only the inimitable Wolfe can get to the bottom of the crime.

Nero Wolfe

Archie Goodwin

Inspector Cramer

Laura Fromm

Fritz Brenner

Saul Panzer

Jean Estey

Denis Horan

Lips Egan

mrs. Horan

Fred Durkin

mrs. Drossos

sergeant Purley Stebbins

James Maddox

Lon Cohen

butler

Pete Drossos

Angela Wright

Gerstner
March 5, 2000

Nero Wolfe

Archie Goodwin

Inspector Cramer

Laura Fromm

Fritz Brenner

Saul Panzer

Jean Estey

Denis Horan

Lips Egan

mrs. Horan

Fred Durkin

mrs. Drossos

sergeant Purley Stebbins

James Maddox

Lon Cohen

butler

Pete Drossos

Angela Wright

Gerstner
