| Story Information: Alternate Title: Scared to Death
 First Composed: 1953
 First Published: 1953
 From Collection: Three Men Out
 Location: New York City
 Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan
 
 Victim #1: Leo Heller (in his NYC office)
 Murderer: Jack Ennis
 Motive: Heller learned that Ennis started a fire at a hospital
 Weapon: Gustein pistol (in heart)
 Client: Leo Heller
 Fee: $500
 
 Story Synopsis:
 Nero Wolfe cuts dinner short and even reads police files 
			 while eating so as to resolve a riddle which the victim left, a riddle containing the murderer's identity and one which only Wolfe can 
			 interpret. Moreover, the culprit is responsible for 302 deaths at a hospital he bombed.
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