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Mystery – December 1

“To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man’s decisions are based on his rational process.”

Rex Stout, author of scores of Nero Wolfe mysteries, born this date in 1886.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which a character arrives at the correct solution by a series of incorrect and unreasonable assumptions.

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