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The Roman Hat Mystery

The Roman Hat Mystery

by Ellery Queen

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Author
Queen, Ellery
Title
The Roman hat mystery : A problem in deduction
Original Publication
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929.
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Novelists -- Fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76339
Release Date
June 19, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE ROMAN HAT MYSTERY
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.FORWARD
  5. 5.LEXICON OF PERSONS CONNECTED WITH THE INVESTIGATION
  6. 6.Explanation for the MAP OF THE ROMAN THEATRE
  7. 7.PART ONE
  8. 8.CHAPTER I IN WHICH ARE INTRODUCED A THEATRE-AUDIENCE AND A CORPSE
  9. 9.CHAPTER II IN WHICH ONE QUEEN WORKS AND ANOTHER QUEEN WATCHES
  10. 10.CHAPTER III IN WHICH A “PARSON” COMES TO GRIEF
  11. 11.CHAPTER IV IN WHICH MANY ARE CALLED AND TWO ARE CHOSEN
  12. 12.CHAPTER V IN WHICH INSPECTOR QUEEN CONDUCTS SOME LEGAL CONVERSATIONS
  13. 13.CHAPTER VI IN WHICH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TURNS BIOGRAPHER
  14. 14.CHAPTER VII THE QUEENS TAKE STOCK
  15. 15.PART TWO
  16. 16.CHAPTER VIII IN WHICH THE QUEENS MEET MR. FIELD’S VERY BEST FRIEND
  17. 17.CHAPTER IX IN WHICH THE MYSTERIOUS MR. MICHAELS APPEARS
  18. 18.CHAPTER X IN WHICH MR. FIELD’S TOPHATS BEGIN TO ASSUME PROPORTIONS
  19. 19.CHAPTER XI IN WHICH THE PAST CASTS A SHADOW
  20. 20.CHAPTER XII IN WHICH THE QUEENS INVADE SOCIETY
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIII QUEEN TO QUEEN
  22. 22.PART THREE
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIV IN WHICH THE HAT GROWS
  24. 24.CHAPTER XV IN WHICH AN ACCUSATION IS MADE
  25. 25.CHAPTER XVI IN WHICH THE QUEENS GO TO THE THEATRE
  26. 26.CHAPTER XVII IN WHICH MORE HATS GROW
  27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII STALEMATE
  28. 28.INTERLUDE IN WHICH THE READER’S ATTENTION IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED
  29. 29.PART FOUR
  30. 30.CHAPTER XIX IN WHICH INSPECTOR QUEEN CONDUCTS MORE LEGAL CONVERSATIONS
  31. 31.CHAPTER XX IN WHICH MR. MICHAELS WRITES A LETTER
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXI IN WHICH INSPECTOR QUEEN MAKES A CAPTURE—
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXII —AND EXPLAINS
  34. 34.Footnotes
  35. 35.Transcriber’s Notes — Corrections:

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