This was a very good Nero Wolfe mysteries, I think it's one of my favorites and that's saying something! It opens with Inspector Cramer coming to Wolfe for help on a body that was dragged out of the river. They know it's murder, but they can't even begin to start on it. The only real clue is a list of names found inside a book in the dead man's residence. Unfortunately, the names apparently do not belong to any real person. Wolfe confesses that he doubts he can be of any help at all. Then a man comes from Illinois to hire Wolfe to find out who killed his daughter. She was living and working in New York for a publishing house. The man shows Wolfe the last letter his daughter ever wrote to him and Wolfe recognizes a name in it. This sets Wolfe and Archie on a trail that gets tougher and deadlier. It is well worth the ride on this one! I listened to this one read by Michael Prichard, who did a wonderful job as always.
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