Iris is C.C.'s wife, a chatty, comfortable, and flirtatious woman who immediately takes interest in Qwilleran and starts treating him with an attention that is at times romantic and at times motherly. She, like her husband, is essentially who she appears to be, in spite of attempts by the author to portray her as the murderer of her first husband. In other words, this particular manifestation of the truth versus illusion theme manifests in what is known in the mystery writing and reading tradition as a "red herring" or false clue.
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