The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must
forge ahead with an investigation in this new mystery from the
award-winning author.
Archie Goodwin's very good friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her
time--and considerable financial resources--helping women in need, from
underpaid workers to mistreated wives. But at the moment she's
particularly concerned about one woman: her best friend, Maureen, a
beautiful socialite who's been incommunicado for two weeks.
After Archie helps Lily comb through Maureen's deserted Park Avenue
penthouse, and Lily contacts each of her friend's well-heeled suitors,
they still don't know much more than when they started. Then Archie
tries to track down Maureen's estranged half-brother, but he seems to
have vanished as well. Fortunately, Archie's employer, Nero Wolfe, has a
soft spot for Lily. He volunteers to step in--just in time, too, as this
missing-person case soon becomes a murder case . . .
"[Wolfe is] one of the two or three most beloved detectives in
fiction." --Publishers Weekly
"Goldsborough has all of the late writer's stylistic mannerisms down
pat." --The New York Times