Wilt Thou Torchy

Torchy Ballard takes a rare afternoon off for theater and tea—and comes home with a mystery: why does his friend’s new butler look so familiar? The dinner is even harder to explain: soup scorched, fish ruined, roast fit for a saw.

In New York, Torchy is a private secretary with a taste for witty company and a knack for landing in the middle of other people’s troubles. When Vee and he visit newlyweds Doris and Westy, their cheerful housewarming dinner goes spectacularly wrong: Doris’s orderly shopping list has stocked the kitchen with two pounds of nearly everything, while the solemn butler, Snee, serves one disaster after another. Torchy has another problem on his mind: he is certain he has seen Snee’s strange, unforgettable face before, but can’t place where. What is Snee hiding in plain sight?

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