Rex Stout is a long time favorite author of mine. It was first published in 1968. When I first saw this, I assumed this was an old story that had been re-titled. I was surprised to find out this was a Nero Wolfe story that I had somehow missed reading. I enjoyed reading it, as I always do a Rex Stout story, but it wasn't as involved as some of his
The plot revolves around a young woman, Amy, who first attempts to hire Archie Goodwin, but has to settle for Nero Wolfe. After her mother's death in a hit and run accident a few months before, she is given a lock box that her mother had kept in her boss's safe for many years. The box contains a great deal of cash, and a note from her mother that states the money is from the Amy's father. Having never met her father, and knowing nothing about him, she decides to find out who he is by hiring a detective.
Nero has Archie delve into Amy's mother's background, and they find she didn't exist before Amy's birth, which makes finding the man who impregnated her twenty years before a little more difficult than they had originally thought.
This is #2 in my 2021 Reading Challenge, "F" in my Alphabet Soup Challenge, and #2 in my Craving for Cozies Challenge.
It is also #4--Leave It to the Professionals--A book featuring cops, private eyes, secret service, professional spies, etc. in the 2021 Vintage Scattergories Challenge (Silver).
This is also #1 in my MTR challenge, was purchased 2020 and is #51 in my Around the World in 52 Books Challenge.
It is part of Beachcombers Challenge as well--Weapon, Crime Scenes, Detectives.
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