Eleven years ago, wealthy Nebraska businessman James Herald gave his only son, Paul, a very raw deal. Now he wants Nero Wolfe to track Paul down so that he can make amends. But what if the young man doesn't want to be found . . . and what if he's the same P.H. who's currently on trial for cold-blooded murder? It's a case that will draw the great detective and his dedicated sidekick, Archie Goodwin, into a sticky web of deceit -- one that will tax their resources to the utmost, and even cost them one of their own.