Character details
- First Name
- Calida
- Last Name
- Frost
- Notes
- Mother of Helen Frost
- Reserved Notes
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Character cases:
Ch. 1 - mentioned by Lew Frost as he describes the cast of characters to Wolfe. Calida, he explains, is Helen Frost's mother and is an old friend with Boyden McNair.
Ch. 2 - arrives at the Boyden McNair, Inc. offices to purchase clothing; her presence seems to have a profound impact on Boyden McNair when he is informed of her visit.
Ch. 3 - along with Dudley Frost, comes to the office to confer with Wolfe (Lew Frost had summoned them to address the emergency of Insp. Cramer learning what Wolfe had uncovered about Helen Frost's knowledge of the box of candy).
Ch. 7 - calls Wolfe's office and talks to Helen Frost.
Ch. 11 - mentioned by Helen Frost who said Calida encouraged her not to outright reject Gebert's advances.
Ch. 12 - is indignant towards Archie during his visit and his asking questions about McNair's death.
Ch. 14 - Cramer informs Archie that Frost has been paying Gebert $1000 per month for the last 5 years, but he does not know why.
Reserved notes for this caseCh. 18 - takes the opportunity to commit suicide after Wolfe lays out the information he has gathered against her (and presents her with an old red box with a bottle of oil of bitter almonds inside).
Her late husband made her sign away her dower rights to his estate in exchange for not divorcing her for infidelity.
Mentioned by Archie as an example of one of the dozens of clients who has lied to them. This is actually an error in the paperback edition - Helen Frost, not Calida, was the client.
Reserved notes for this case