Chapter 7 Summary

In addition to Quayle, Morris's father David Althaus and an attorney named Bernard Fromm show up. Wolfe tells the gathering that he intends to prove an FBI agent killed Morris Althaus to get back at both the FBI and the New York police. Yarmack admits that he thought Morris had research on the FBI in his possession, but nothing was found at his home. Yarmack suspects the FBI because of it. Wolfe says that the police must suspect the FBI but have dropped the investigation. Wolfe finds out that the police no longer seem to be investigating any of his guests, yet Yarmack might have a motive if Morris uncovered information about him. Wolfe claims that he needs to rule out the idea that the police and the FBI know who the guilty party is before he can attack the FBI and the...