Nero Wolfe: Too Many Clients

[cimorene]

• "Any limit?"
  
  "Certainly. The limit dictated by your discretion and sagacity."


• "Do you want this job done or not?"
  
  "It's not what I want, it's what I'm stuck with. You have the handle."


• We needed either a genius or a lucky break. Of course, we had a genius, Nero Wolfe, but apparently he hadn't turned his switch on.


• [I]n a large university a lot of people know where an assistant professor ought to be or might be, but no one knows where he is.


• One of the brain's most efficient departments is the one that turns possibilities into probabilities, and probabilities into facts.

—Too Many Clients

The plot of this novel revolves around a guy's secret sex dungeon, only instead of a (basement) dungeon it's a secret penthouse, and instead of a (bdsm) dungeon it's a satin-covered boudoir lined with artistic nudes. It also deserved some trigger warnings - some partner violence and the attitude or reaction to it of the principal characters. Overall, the plot was great though, especially the lead-in. The beginning was fantastic.