Cast of Characters
- Nero Wolfe — The private investigator
- Archie Goodwin — Wolfe's assistant (and the narrator of all Wolfe stories)
- Doctor Vollmer — Wolfe's neighbor and practitioner of choice when medical treatment is needed
For the BPR:
- Solomon Dexter — Acting Director of the BPR following Cheney Boone's death
- Phoebe Gunther — Boone's confidential secretary, and second in command at the BPR in all but title
- Alger Kates — A researcher for the BPR
- Mrs. Cheney Boone — Widow of the murdered BPR director
- Nina Boone — Boone's niece
For the NIA:
- Frank and Edward Erskine — Father and son members of the NIA's Executive Committee
- Messrs. Breslow and Winterhoff — Other members of the Executive Committee
- Don O'Neill — Chairman of the dinner committee for the NIA event at which Boone was murdered
- Hattie Harding — Assistant Director of Public Relations
For New York law enforcement:
- Inspector Ash, Inspector Cramer, Sergeant Purley Stebbins, Commissioner Hombert and District Attorney Skinner
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