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Violence
Some
Deaths by poisoning; non-graphic
Language
Barely any
Mild period language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic subplot; no explicit content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in period settings
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild tension from a poison-murder investigation
What this book is about
A woman dies after taking a candy from a red box at a Manhattan fashion house. Nero Wolfe investigates and discovers more deaths following the same pattern. As Archie navigates New York's fashion world, Wolfe works to identify which red box holds the key to the killer's identity. A second poisoning raises the stakes and narrows the suspects to a tightly connected circle.
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