The Roman Hat Mystery -- Ellery Queen

<b>A murder in a crowded Broadway theater presents a full house of suspects--the first in this classic mystery series starring Ellery Queen!</b> Despite the dismal Broadway season, <i>Gunplay</i> continues to draw crowds. A gangland spectacle, it's packed to the gills with action, explosions, and gunfire. In fact, <i>Gunplay</i> is so loud that no one notices the killing of Monte Field. In a sold-out theater, Field is found dead partway through the second act, surrounded by empty seats. The police hold the crowd and call for the one man who can untangle this daring murder: Inspector Richard Queen. With the help of his son Ellery, a bibliophile and novelist whose imagination can solve any crime, the Inspector attacks this seemingly impenetrable mystery. Anyone in the theater could have killed the unscrupulous lawyer, and several had the motive. Only Ellery Queen, in his debut novel, can decipher the clue of the dead man's missing top hat.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Ellery Queen<br><b>Publisher:</b> Open Road Integrated Media LLC<br><b>Published:</b> 01/20/2015<br><b>Pages:</b> 397<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.00lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.89d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781497695184<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Ellery Queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty-two years writing, editing, and anth