Spine slanted, creased, scuffing along spine, minor edge wear and rubbing, creasing across upper corner. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; Bantam F3061, 136 pp. First paperback printing. ; Nero Wolfe; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 136 pages;

"'Black and white marriages are like a red rag to a bull.' So says Negro civil rights worker Dunbar Whipple. But he never makes the altar - somebody permanently delays his white fiancee with a club, and Whipple is arrested. Enter Nero Wolfe.
"Between them, Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin interview a colorful clutch of suspects: and draw a blank. Wolfe goes into a brown study while Archie keeps up the hue and cry. Then the murderer strikes again, but Wolfe comes up with a piece of deduction that puts his police rivals in the shade and leaves them green with envy! "