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. -- The New York Times. -- Publishers Weekly Goldsborough has all of the late writer\'s stylistic mannerisms down pat. [Wolfe is] one of the two or three most beloved detectives in fiction. . .
He volunteers to step in--just in time, too, as this missing-person case soon becomes a murder case .
Fortunately, Archie\'s employer, Nero Wolfe, has a soft spot for Lily.
Then Archie tries to track down Maureen\'s estranged half-brother, but he seems to have vanished as well.
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.
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.
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.
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
