French Powder Mystery

English · 1930 · 10h 16m · Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction

This is the second Ellery Queen novel, wherein the writer turned sleuth works with... or sometimes in opposition to... his father, an inspector in the New York Police Department.
The scene is French's Department Store, renowned for its exclusive merchandise until a body turns up on display in its window. - Summary by LynneT

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Foreword	13:53
The First Episode - "The Queens Were in the Parlor"	11:33
"The Kings Were in the Counting-House"	13:17
"Humpty-Dumpty Had a Great Fall"	6:30
"All the King's Horses"	6:45
"And All the King's Men"	13:59
Testimony	20:44
The Corpse	13:57
The Watcher	3:23
The Watchers	27:05
Marion	16:48
Loose Ends	11:08
Out the Window...	28:33
Second Episode - At the Apartment: the Bedroom	24:40
At the Apartment: the Lavatory	7:18
At the Apartment: the Cardroom	12:06
At the Apartment: Again the Bedroom	25:49
At the Apartment: the Library	20:04
Scrambled Signs	25:07
Opinions and Reports	29:37
The Third Episode - Tobacco	11:51
Keys Again	8:13
Books Again	7:55
Confirmation	8:07
The Queens Take Stock	33:07
The Fourth Episode - Ellerius Bibliophilus	24:56
The Trail to Bernice	11:08
The Sixth Book	17:39
Unraveling Threads	13:16
Raid!	4:25
Requiem	8:55
Alibis: Marion-Zorn	20:23
Alibis: Marchbanks	5:09
Alibis: Carmody	6:06
Alibis: Trask	3:58
Alibis: Gray	9:08
"The Time Has Come..."	5:00
The Last Episode - Make Ready!	8:31
The End of All Things	33:45
The End of All Things concluded	42:50