Nero Wolfe

A lovely woman is dead, and the fortunes of overextended theatrical producer Llewellyn Frost depend on solving the mystery of the red box: 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.