The Missing Heiress

The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation in this new mystery from the awardwinning author. Archie Goodwins very good friend, Lily Rowan, spends much of her timeand considerable financial resourceshelping women in need, from underpaid workers to mistreated wives. But at the moment shes particularly concerned about one woman: her best friend, Maureen, a beautiful socialite whos been incommunicado for two weeks. After Archie helps Lily comb through Maureens deserted Park Avenue penthouse, and Lily contacts each of her friends well-heeled suitors, they still dont know much more than when they started. Then Archie tries to track down Maureens estranged half-brother, but he seems to have vanished as well. Fortunately, Archies employer, Nero Wolfe, has a soft spot for Lily. He volunteers to step injust 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 writers stylistic mannerisms down pat. The New York Times