num_pages: 272
description: A lovely woman is dead, and the fortunes of overextended theatrical producer Llewellyn Frost depend on solving the mystery of the red two pounds of candied fruits, nuts and creams, covered with chocolate -- and laced with potassium cyanide. When Nero Wolfe's suspicion falls on Frost's kissing cousin, Frost wants the detective to kill the sickly sweet case--before it kills him. "It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore." (The New York Times)
language: English
title: The Red Box
titlecomplete: The Red Box (Nero Wolfe #4)
characters: Fritz Brenner, George Rowcliff, Orrie Cather, Edwin Frost, Llewellyn Frost, Slim Foltz, Mrs. Lamont, Dudley Frost, Molly Lauck, Mr. Hitchcock, Theodore Horstmann, Purley Stebbins, Edwin A. Vollmer, Saul Panzer, Calida Frost, Nero Wolfe, Perren Gebert, Officer Sturgis, Mr. Skinner, Fred Durkin, Glenna McNair, Johnny Keems, Boyden McNair, Helen Frost, Henry H. Barber, Mathias R. Frisbie, Archie Goodwin, Captain Dixon, Thelma Mitchell, Isabel McNair, Mr. Hombert, Inspector Cramer
genres: Mystery, Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, Mystery Thriller, Crime, Detective, New York, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 3802
places: New York City, New York, Brewster, New York
series: Nero Wolfe 
publisher: Crimeline