Nero Wolfe, an avid orchid collector, a great gourmet, a beer lover and a great detective, almost never leaves the house. He unravels all the crimes based on the facts collected by Archie Goodwin, his charming, ironic assistant with an excellent memory. Lucy Weldon, the widow of a successful writer, is given a baby with a note saying that the baby's father is her late husband. Lucy hires a famous detective to find the child's mother. But as soon as Wolfe began his search, the main witness was killed...