Character details
- First Name
- Thomas
- Last Name
- Root
- Notes
- All notes are spoiler notes.
- Reserved Notes
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Father of Captain Peter Root, to whom he is maniacally devoted. A close match for Nero Wolfe in size and stature. Both clever and a fool.
Character cases:
All notes are spoiler notes.
Reserved notes for this caseUsing the alias H. H. Hackett, he takes a job as a doorman and kills Ben Jensen and his bodyguard, Doyle. Then happens into a job in the brownstone as Wolfe's double. Is caught before he can kill Wolfe.