QED : Queen's Experiments in Detection

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910698400103321
• Autore: Queen Ellery
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newburyport, : MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2015
• ISBN: 1-5040-1658-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Soggetti: Queen, Ellery (Fictitious character)--Fiction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page; Title Page; Contents; Dying Message Novelette; Mum Is the Word; Contemporary Problems in Deduction; Object Lesson; No Parking; No Place to Live; Miracles Do Happen; Q.B.I: Queen's Bureau of Investigation; Gambling Dept.: The Lonely Bride; Spy Dept.: Mystery at the Library of Congress; Dead Ringer; Kidnaping Dept.: The Broken T; Murder Dept.: Half a Clue; Anonymous Letters Dept.: Eve of the Wedding; Probate Dept.: Last Man to Die; Crime Syndicate Dept.: Payoff; The Puzzle Club; The Little Spy; The President Regrets; Historical Detective Story; Abraham Lincoln's Clue; Copyright Page
• Sommario/riassunto: Ellery Queen investigates the death of a chrysanthemum king, as well as fourteen other mysteries When Godfrey Mumford retired to focus on his chrysanthemums, he was worth a little over 5 million. A decade later, his family gathered for his birthday, he delivers shocking news: Thanks to poor investments on behalf of his financial manager, every penny is gone. The house is mortgaged, the stocks are sold-the only valuable item remaining is a priceless chrysanthemum pendant that once belonged to the emperor of Japan. It is Mumford's prized possession, and it will be his doom. Soon after Mumford is