The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout

When Paul Chapin was at Harvard, his classmates played a prank which led to an accident which crippled him. In the 40 years since, they have called themselves the 'League of Atonement', trying to make amends. When one of them dies in an apparent fall, a poem which is almost certainly written by Chapin makes them fear that he is exacting revenge.

When the second man dies and another poem is received, one of them approaches Nero Wolfe about stopping Chapin. What follows is the usual deductive super power of Nero Wolfe, with his sidekick Archie Goodwin doing the footwork.


317 pages