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The Roman Hat Mystery
The Roman Hat Mystery | Ellery Queen
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A murder in a crowded theater leaves a pack of suspects, but only one clue. Despite the dismal Broadway season, Gunplay continues to draw crowds. A gangland spectacle, it's packed to the gills with action, explosions, and gunfire. In fact, Gunplay 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.
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Andrew65
The Roman Hat Mystery | Ellery Queen
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#NationalHatDay #JanuaryJazz

First book in the excellent Ellery Queen Series. On the subject of hats, I‘m sat here reading today in my hat because it is a bit nippy. 😂

@Eggs @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

Eggs Perfect ❤️🎩🖤 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️🖤❤️ 1y
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DreesReads
The Roman Hat Mystery | Ellery Queen
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Mehso-so

Book 2 of 2020, listened on Hoopla. This is the first Ellery Queen book, com 1929. So it‘s dated, and is also not the kind of mystery that the reader can solve due to info not being shared with the reader. I was on the right track though, wondering why they weren‘t taking a certain line of inquiry! The exact motive I was nowhere near—it is very 1929. I may listen to book 2 some time. #classicmystery #mystery

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Melli
The Roman Hat Mystery | Ellery Queen

I had an uncle who had a collection of Ellery Queen and Agatha Christie.. when I was younger I used to always sit and look at the covers when I was there.. I had forgotten all about them until I found the audio book on hoopla. I figured I would finally check out those books that my uncle lived so much

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ofclumsywords
The Roman Hat Mystery | Ellery Queen
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Second book sale haul of the year is not too shabby!! 😍📚

RvnclawWhovian I love old books 😍 5y
Bookwormjillk So pretty! 5y
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Andrew65
The Roman Hat Mystery | Ellery Queen
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Finished my first book during he #24B4Monday Readathon. I so wanted to love this book but really found it quite difficult to get into and can only really give it a so-so judgement. An interesting enough mystery, the book does feel a bit dated but why wouldn‘t it when it was written in 1929. When I finished the book I was on 6 hours and 30 minutes for the day.

BeansPage Very nice my friend 👍🏻 5y
Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid Thanks, excellent given it was a work day. 5y
BeansPage Holy moly! 😳 Well then... 🏆 5y
Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid Luckily I was on a course so got home earlier than normal, especially this week when I‘ve been getting home between 7 and 8 pm. 5y
BeansPage Eeek! 😳 Yeah you need a weekend rest 5y
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Andrew65
The Roman Hat Mystery | Ellery Queen
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Managed to get my first 50 minutes reading in for #24B4Monday Challenge. But now 2 am and due up for work at 6! 😱🙄😳🎩 @TheReadingMermaid

Good luck to everyone doing this Readathon!

BeansPage Get some rest honey. Talk to you tomorrow 😴😘 5y
Megabooks I‘ve got 48 minutes right now, but I‘m going to try to stay awake for more! 👍🏻 See you later today. 😁😁 5y
Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid Managed to get 4 hours sleep. 5y
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Andrew65 @Megabooks Good luck. 😊 5y
BeansPage @Andrew65 hey 4 hours of sleep is better than no hours of sleep right? 🤤😴 5y
Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid Yes, I did that a couple of weeks ago. Since 2019 started my sleep has been all over the place. (edited) 5y
BeansPage @Andrew65 oh my goodness gracious! Sounds like you need a weekend to just sleep 💤😴💤 5y
Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid Quite possi 💤 💤 💤 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I‘ve read 2 Ellery Queen books - The Dutch Shoe Mystery and Face to Face. They are only worth 3 or 4 stars. They remind me of my dad. He used to read those and John MacDonald books all the time. 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB it sure I‘d rush to read another. Would give this one 2 1/2 stars 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 Ha Ha! The mystery writers sure have gotten better! 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Definitely. 5y
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