A detective has just died with his case unfinished. His daughter, Ida, determined to follow in his footsteps, decides to solve it. Her mission: to recover a lost statue from the land Malta, a small figure in the shape of a woman. The man who hires her claims the statue is his, however, others say the same thing, and Ida finds herself caught up in the middle of a deadly game...

This adventure is somewhat different than the usual "non-Ruby, non-Jack" fare. It's like a cross between Dishpan Fantasy and Fat Cats, with music playing alongside the mystery. The songs are very thought-provoking, but sometimes seem a little out of place, with the characters singing them to each other (with Ida Faiella and John McDonough of Dishpan Fantasy among them), and the mystery is a little unclear, and is solved a bit too quickly to be understood, but that doesn't mean that The Maltese Goddess is a bad adventure at all. It has some of the same elements that the picture The Maltese Hawk has, and it is a nice break from the usual ZBS, if you are someone that likes a break from the regular stuff. The Maltese Goddess also won the Prix Italia Special Prize, so it sure deserves a listen.

Ida - Ida Faiella
Nick - Bill Raymond
McNulty - John McDonough
Fingers - Robert J.
Shoes - Seth Shapiro
Madame LaRue - Yolande Bavan
Courtland Van Retchen III - Tom Bogdan

Executive Producer - Tom Lopez
Assistant Producer - Elizabeth Woodbury
Story - Tom and Marcia Dale Lopez
Script - Meatball Fulton
Music - Tim Clark
Words for Ida's songs - Marcia Dale Lopez
Words for all other songs - Fulton and Clark
(Inspired by the teachings of Paramahansa Yoganada

Engineers - Fulton and Clark
Illustration and Graphics - Jaye Oliver