The father hunt: a Nero Wolfe novel

This mystery from one of America's best-loved writers features one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time—Nero Wolfe. An orchid-growing, gourmandizing, demanding genius, Wolfe solves this case with the able assistance of his legman, Archie Goodwin, who narrates with his usual wry humor.

Twenty-two-year-old Amy Denovo is determined to learn the identity of her long-lost father. Amy's mother died in a hit-and-run accident, and the only clue she left her daughter was a brief note and a box with over $250,000 in one-hundred-dollar bills. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin take on the case and conclude that Amy's mother was murdered—and that Amy herself may be the next victim. Someone doesn't want Amy's mysterious pedigree uncovered, and that someone appears to be a man of great power. As the weeks drag on, Wolfe finds this to be one of his most challenging cases.