We’re pleased to present the 2025 BONA to Pete Barnstrom, who introduces here intrepid reporter Isolde “Salty” Smith and her nemesis Mr. Truelove. Nineteen years ago Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine partnered with the Wolfe Pack to cosponsor a writing contest that honors novella-length stories in the classic ratiocinative detective mode of Rex Stout’s iconic P.I. Nero Wolfe. The Wolfe Pack is the official appreciation society for the Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout. For more information about The Wolfe Pack and the contest, go to NeroWolfe.org. “Perhaps I might be of assistance?” He swept the fedora from his head as

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