Character descriptionAnn works for the National Bird League for $30/week. She has a good laugh.

Reserved notes for this caseArchie's plan backfires when Ann ends up strangled to death.

Character descriptionWhacker

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Character descriptionMaster chef in Wolfe's kitchen, has a small apartment in the basement. (In "Fer-De-Lance," his apartment is across from the plant room, not in the basement.) Swiss; native French speaker, served in WWI. Uninterested in murder, except whether a client is in the offing; gets anxious about household finance when Wolfe isn't working. Doesn't like to talk while cooking. Changes to his old slippers at 9 pm because of "things left on his feet by the war to remember it by". Implied he was a member of the Swiss Alpine Patrol during WWI.

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Character descriptionGrandmother to Ann Amory.

Reserved notes for this caseHer grand-daughter Ann told her that she suspected Roy Douglas of murdering Cora Leeds but she thought that her death was an act of god.

Character descriptionInspector with NYPD, Homicide. Has tolerate / hate relationship with Wolfe. He respects Wolfe, but is greatly irritated by his eccentricities. Habitually chews (but rarely lights) cigars. Notably, Cramer lights a cigar in Wolfe's office during "Instead of Evidence" in which the murder weapon is an exploding cigar! First name is given as Fergus one time, but generally accepted as Lionel. Had a son in the Army Air Corps during WWII. Archie has called Mrs. Cramer on the phone more than once to reach the Inspector at home. Archie's favorite alias for him is "the man about the chair" or "any name with a double "d", e.g., Mr. Judd". At no time is Inspector Cramer ever referred to in the books as "Lionel T." Cramer; his first name is given as "Fergus" in "Where There's a Will." There is a lone later reference to him as L.T.C. (The Silent Speaker), but never Lionel. Stout's biographer, John McAleer, asked Stout to explain the "Fergus"/"L.T.C" discrepancy; Stout replied: "No significance. Laziness. I didn't bother to check on whether he already had a first name. Of course, all discrepancies in the Nero Wolfe stories are Archie Goodwin's fault." (from "Royal Decree; Conversations with Rex Stout) He is featured in a book by Stout called Red Threads, first published 1939, tracking down a killer with a young fashion designer. There is no reference to Nero Wolfe.

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Character descriptionCaptain, U.S Army Intelligence.

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Character descriptionRoy raises racing pigeons. He was short-changed where his chin is concerned, but otherwise is alright.

Reserved notes for this caseMurdered Cora Leeds because she threatened to get rid of the pidgeons. When Roy heard Lily Rowan describe Ann's murder, he went home, to find that Ann wasn't quite dead enough - so he killed her because she was suspicious that he had murdered old Mrs. Leeds.

Character descriptionGeneral, U.S. Army Intelligence.

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Character descriptionLeon looks like "a back on a football team ... except he [is] a little light for it."

Reserved notes for this caseHe bought hawks from country farmers for $5 each and sold them the Miss Leeds for $20 each making her believe that he had killed them in the neighborhood.

Character descriptionNero Wolfe's tough and witty assistant.

Reserved notes for this caseWas attracted to Ann Amory when he took her dancing and was confronted by an irate Lilly Rowan.

Character descriptionOrchid grower.

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Character descriptionOlder man. Wolfe's orchid nurse. Lives in small cubbyhole on the roof with the plants. First mentioned in ch. 3 of "Fer-de-lance" - Archie sometimes hears him shouting at Wolfe in the mornings.

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Character descriptionMother to Miss Leeds.

Reserved notes for this caseWas murdered by Roy Douglas because she had threatened to get rid of the pidgeons.

Character descriptionMiss Leeds is an old woman built like a defensive end. She likes pigeons and is quite eccentric.

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Character descriptionAmerican President.

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Character descriptionAccomplished orchid grower.

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Character descriptionOf the Courier.

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Character descriptionAttractive blonde. Daughter of millionaire sewer man James Rowan, owns the Bar JR ranch in Montana.

Reserved notes for this caseShe arranged for Archie to help her friend Ann Amory as a means of seeing him and spending time with him because Archie would not return her telegrams or phone calls. When she saw Archie and Ann holding hands at the Flamingo, she was incensed. She only told Archie that Ann was murdered so he would open the door and let her in.

Character descriptionColonel, U.S. Army Intelligence.

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Character descriptionInitially an employee in N.Y. D.A.'s office. Later Cramer's man. Detective (sergeant). Unfriendly.

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Character description"He was one of only two men whom Wolfe will call by their first names, apart from employees," Archie relates as he introduces Marko in "Too Many Cooks." A boyhood friend from Montenegro, Marko is welcome to address Wolfe by his first name, and he dines monthly at Wolfe's house. One of the Fifteen Masters, Marko is the great chef of Rusterman's restaurant in New York -- one of the few places Wolfe will dine away from home.

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Character descriptionMaster detective. Genius. Estimated weight: 1/7 ton. Carries a large platinum watch in his vest pocket. Sends a check every month to his mother in Budapest ("Fer-de-lance, ch. 13)..

Reserved notes for this caseHe realized that given Lily Rowan's temperament and personality and the fact that Archie was not responding to her telegrams or telephone calls, that she had lied about Ann Amory's murder and that Lily had not even been to her apartment that afternoon.

Character descriptionU.S. Army, recipient of the Medal of Honor during WWI. Hero.

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