 In 2000 it was included in the list of the "100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century" by the "Independent Mystery Booksellers Association".On the way to an agricultural fair north of Manhattan, Wolfe's car runs into a tree, stranding Wolfe and Archie at the home of the owner of a chain of fast-food cafés.A neighbor is later found gored to death; the authorities rule the death an accident but Wolfe deduces that it was murder.