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The Red Box

The Red Box

CrimeHardboiled
Pages
272
Published
1992
Language
English

Synopsis

A poisoned candy at a high-fashion show leaves model Molly Lauck dead, and Nero Wolfe — already besieged by his own eccentricities — must investigate. As Archie Goodwin navigates the tangled motives of jealous rivals, blackmailers, and desperate heirs, they dig into what lies inside a mysterious red box that could hold any one of them guilty.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

MysteriousTense
Multiple POVsMorally Grey

Genres

Crime Hardboiled Mystery

About the author

R
Rex Stout

Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 – October 27, 1975) was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. His best-known characters are the detective Nero Wolfe and his assistant Archie Goodwin, who were featured in 33 novels and 39 novellas or short stories between 1934 and 1975.

Characters

Nero WolfeProtagonist
All characters in The Red Box