Meet the amazing Alphabet Hicks.

The disbarred lawyer, uncommon cabby, and investigator extraordinaire confronts cynical cops and conniving corporations as he pieces together a complex series of confusing clues to trap a cold-blooded killer.

An Intimate Problem . . .

There was proof positive that Judith Dundee was double-crossing her industrialist husband-and that she'd been involved in a brutal murder.

Private Detective Alphabet Hicks had the secret that would prove her innocence . . . but why was he keeping it hidden?

Praise for Rex Stout's Alphabet Hicks

"A slick snoop and an entertaining fellow." -Herald Tribune

"Has well earned the right to place alongside Nero Wolfe and Tecumseh Fox in the Rex Stout detective agency." - The New York Times