Priscilla Eades tries to convince Wolfe to let her hide out in his house until after her twenty-fifth birthday. When Wolfe refuses, she leaves and is murdered.

When a garden club invades the brownstone to admire Wolfe's orchids, a murderer is there as well. A young woman who asks Archie for help to is found dead in Wolfe's office and Wolfe must solve the case to get his office unsealed by the police.