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Roman Hat Mystery

Roman Hat Mystery

Written by: Ellery Queen
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A disreputable lawyer is discovered dead by poisoning during the performance of a play in New York City. Not only that, despite being sold out, the body is surrounded by empty seats. Plus his top hat is missing. Inspector Richard Queen of the Homicide Squad is called-in to solve the case, along with his mystery writer son, Ellery. First in the Ellery Queen mystery novel series. - Summary by The NarratorCopyright Detective Fiction Genre Art True Crime
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