Detective Classics
Roman Hat Mystery
Ellery Queen
2026
10h 35m$1.99
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A man is poisoned in a crowded theater and his top hat has vanished, and Ellery Queen must explain both. This landmark debut launched a golden-age legend with a fair-play puzzle. Ingenious, elegant, and satisfying. Classic American detection. Solve the Roman Hat mystery before the final curtain.
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23 chapters
- 1Foreword15m
- 2Chapter 1 - In Which Are Introduced a Theater-Audience and a Corpse17m
- 3Chapter 2 - In Which One Queen Works and Another Queen Watches33m
- 4Chapter 3 - In Which a "Parson" Comes to Grief34m
- 5Chapter 4 - In Which Many Are Called and Two Are Chosen17m
- 6Chapter 5 - In Which Inspector Quinn Conducts Some Legal Conversations46m
- 7Chapter 6 - In Which the District Attorney Turns Biographer22m
- 8Chapter 7 - The Queens Take Stock25m
- 9Chapter 8 - In Which the Queens Meet Mr. Field's Very Best Friend37m
- 10Chapter 9 - In Which the Mysterious Mr. Michaels Appears15m
- 11Chapter 10 - In Which Mr. Field's Tophats Begin to Assume Proportions26m
- 12Chapter 11 - In Which the Past Casts a Shadow27m
- 13Chapter 12 - In Which the Queens Invade Society32m
- 14Chapter 13 - Queen to Queen42m
- 15Chapter 14 - In Which the Hat Grows33m
- 16Chapter 15 - In Which an Accusation Is Made24m
- 17Chapter 16 - In Which the Queens Go to the Theater27m
- 18Chapter 17 - In Which More Hats Grow42m
- 19Chapter 18 - Stalemate18m
- 20Chapter 19 - In Which Inspector Queen Conducts More Legal Conversations24m
- 21Chapter 20 - In Which Mr. Michaels Writes a Letter8m
- 22Chapter 21 - In Which Inspector Queen Makes a Capture --9m
- 23Chapter 22 - --And Explains1h 4m
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