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Violence
Barely any
A murder investigated by three children — handled with comic lightness
Language
None
Clean, comedic prose from the 1940s; appropriate for all ages
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
No significant psychological concerns — a family comedy with a murder mystery
What this book is about
Dinah, Archie, and April — the three children of mystery writer Marian Carstairs — set out to solve the murder of the neighbor next door. Their motives are practical: they've decided that if their mother solves a real murder, she'll meet and marry the investigating detective. Craig Rice's 1944 novel is funny, warm, and inventive — one of the classics of the lighter school of American mystery fiction.
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A gentle and funny mystery appropriate for all readers
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