It took me some time to get used to their ‘antics’ but as the story ended, I was pretty much impressed by pappa Q’s deductive skills.Ĭoming back to the story, the dead man is a lawyer named Monte Field. Their logic of deduction is different and so their method of sleuthing. Queen and Ellery, the father-son duo are way different from Holmes-Watson or Poirot-Hastings pair. Though this is a bit out of my comfort zone, I really enjoyed the story. This also happens to be my first American Mystery read! Having heard a lot of praises about this detective series, I decided to give it a try with the first book in this series and I am not disappointed. The Roman Hat Mystery is my first Ellery Queen read and surely won’t be the last. Inspector Queen and his son Ellery are called to the scene of the crime. Also, the dead man’s silk hat is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, well-known socialite’s purse is found in the dead man’s coat. The seats next to and in front of him are empty and the ticket stubs for the same aren’t found anywhere. He reeks of alcohol and it seems that the poison was mixed in his drink. The Roman Hat Mystery is the first book in the Ellery Queen Detective series.Ī man is found dead in the Roman Theater.
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