Character details
- First Name
- H.H.
- Last Name
- Hackett
- Notes
- Appears in Help Wanted, Male. Is introduced by Wolfe to Archie as an out of work architect and a "nincompoop." Wolfe hires him to be his body double.
- Reserved Notes
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Hackett is actually Peter Root's father and killed Ben Jenson and his body guard Doyle. He also tried to set up Emil Jenson and Jane Geer for the murder of Nero Wolfe, a murder Hackett hoped to pull off. Hackett, or Mr. Root, killed Jenson because Jenson was involved in an event that sent Root's son to jail.
Character cases:
Wolfe hires Hackett as a "double," to provide a decoy for the person who is trying to kill him.
Reserved notes for this caseHackett turns out to be Thomas Root, the very person who wants to kill Wolfe, and who has killed Ben Jensen.