num_pages: 271
description: When a powerful government official,scheduled to speak to a group of millionaires, turns up dead, it is an event worthy of the notice of the great Nero Wolfe. Balancing on the edge of financial ruin, the orchid-loving detective grudgingly accepts the case. Soon a second victim is found bludgeoned to death, a missing stenographer's tape causes an uproar, and the dead man speaks, after a fashion. While the Business world clamors for a solution, Nero Wolfe patiently lays a trap that wil net him a killer worth his weight in gold..
language: English
title: The Silent Speaker
titlecomplete: The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe, #11)
characters: Archie Goodwin, Nero Wolfe
genres: American, New York, Historical, Mystery, Humor, Detective, Audiobook, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 3699
places: New York City, New York
series: Nero Wolfe 
publisher: Crimeline