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For years now, the firm of Mills\/Lake\/Ryman has fought to help Cherr-o-key become the nation\u2019s favorite fizzy cherry soda, but each time they come up with a new slogan, mascot, or jingle, AmeriCherry has beaten them to it.<\/p>\n
There is a mole inside the agency, and only Nero Wolfe can ferret him out.\u00a0Although he is as round as a cherry, Wolfe has no taste for soft drinks.<\/p>\n
But the question of industrial espionage is too sweet for him to resist, and so with assistant Archie Goodwin at his side, he sets out to end this vicious corporate feud.<\/p>\n
Only when the first adman dies, however, does he realize that a marketing war can be just as dangerous as the real thing.<\/p>\n
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