Follow the fortunes of the beautiful and naĂÂŻve Lila Williams, a telegraph operator at New Yorkâs swankiest hotelâthe Lamartineâas she becomes unwittingly enmeshed in the operations of a shady counterfeiting ring. By chance, the innocent Lila, coveted by a member of an unlikely group of âknights,â finds herself swept off her pretty feet and into safetyâor is it peril?
The very first novel from the classic crime writer Rex Stout, Her Forbidden Knight gives the reader a glimpse of the cunning devices and charades of the celebrated Nero Wolfe mysteries that followed in the authorâs later years.
Includes the bonus short story âAn Officer and a Lady.â