When a young woman shows up on Nero Wolfe's doorstep claiming to be his daughter, Archie Goodwin is astounded. After all, Wolfe weighs about a ton, detests women, and has never so much as hinted that he has any family! Turns out, Wolfe did adopt a little girl many years ago in Montenegro, but has since lost touch with the woman who was raising her.
Now, she and another young woman are in New York, and are murder suspects. They need Wolfe to help get them out of an untenable situation. Will he take it on?
271 pages
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