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dreamless
Dec 18, 2013



Foxfire_ posted:

A mouse got in a box once, so Horniman Sr. had all the subsequent boxes made waterproof + airtight.

And larger! I'm glad folks mentioned how big these were, I was definitely imagining (a slightly larger version of) something smaller.

up through Chapter 3:

Before I was not-spoilered about the inspector who's going to show up, I assumed it was a Murder Must Advertise situation and Henry was going to be the guy.

Whoever did the murder needs the key to the box, obviously, which implies that it's someone in the firm, which would line up with an embezzlement motive. That the old, dead boss had some conflict with the victim is a wrinkle, and it would be unsatisfying if he did it and then died of natural causes. It doesn't sound like his son knew about it, either.

Idk if knowing the filing system narrows it down any more than access to the key.

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