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The Missing Heiress (Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, Bk 17)
The Missing Heiress - Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, Bk 17 Author:Robert Goldsborough The daughter of a steel magnate disappears, and Nero and Archie must forge ahead with an investigation. — 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 ab... more »out 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...« less