Publisher, Audio Partners (May 2005)

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"It is always a treat to [hear] a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore." --The New York Times Book Review

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, concluding 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.

About the Author: Rex Stout (1886-1975) is dubbed the Grand Old Man of American Crime Fiction. During his lifetime, he published 72 Nero Wolfe mysteries; ten years after his death, a 73rd Nero Wolfe was discovered and published.

Michael Prichard has read over 330 audiobooks including bestsellers by Clive Cussler, John Irving and Tom Clancy. SmartMoney Magazine lists him as one of the Top Ten Golden Voices.