The Roman Hat Mystery


Read by Mark Nelson

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 Narrator

Chapters

Foreword 15:24 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 1 - In Which Are Introduced a Theater-Audience and a Corpse 17:03 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 2 - In Which One Queen Works and Another Queen Watches 32:37 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 3 - In Which a "Parson" Comes to Grief 34:23 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 4 - In Which Many Are Called and Two Are Chosen 16:30 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 5 - In Which Inspector Quinn Conducts Some Legal Conversations 45:40 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 6 - In Which the District Attorney Turns Biographer 21:34 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 7 - The Queens Take Stock 24:41 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 8 - In Which the Queens Meet Mr. Field's Very Best Friend 36:44 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 9 - In Which the Mysterious Mr. Michaels Appears 15:14 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 10 - In Which Mr. Field's Tophats Begin to Assume Proportions 25:36 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 11 - In Which the Past Casts a Shadow 27:07 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 12 - In Which the Queens Invade Society 31:44 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 13 - Queen to Queen 41:48 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 14 - In Which the Hat Grows 32:48 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 15 - In Which an Accusation Is Made 23:42 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 16 - In Which the Queens Go to the Theater 26:44 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 17 - In Which More Hats Grow 42:05 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 18 - Stalemate 18:11 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 19 - In Which Inspector Queen Conducts More Legal Conversations 24:02 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 20 - In Which Mr. Michaels Writes a Letter 7:55 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 21 - In Which Inspector Queen Makes a Capture -- 9:29 Read by Mark Nelson
Chapter 22 - --And Explains 1:03:54 Read by Mark Nelson