Looking for Great Deals? We have almost everything on eBay. But did you check eBay? Check Out Top Brands on eBay.
Search results
The murder case falls into the hands of Inspector Richard Queen of the Homicide Squad and his mystery-writing son Ellery. A set of onyx bookends in the private apartments on the top of the store reveal not only bloodstains but grains of fingerprint powder and an unusual assortment of books.
- Ellery Queen
- 1930
The French Powder Mystery was the second of the Ellery Queen mysteries by Manfred Bennington Lee (Manford Lepofsky) and Frederic Dannay (Daniel Nathan). It appeared in 1930. The book certainly gets off to a stylish start.
- (1.6K)
- Paperback
Feb 5, 2013 · Out tumbles a woman—crumpled, bloody, and dead.The victim was Mrs. French, wife of the company president, and finding her killer will turn this esteemed store upside down. Only one detective has...
Book 1. The Roman Hat Mystery. by Ellery Queen. 3.54 · 3,245 Ratings · 379 Reviews · published 1929 · 67 editions. A fine silk custom top-hat is missing from a crook… Want to Read. Rate it: Book 2. The French Powder Mystery. by Ellery Queen. 3.78 · 1,602 Ratings · 151 Reviews · published 1930 · 72 editions. Book by Queen, Ellery. Want to Read.
The French Powder Mystery Paperback – Jan. 20 2015. by Ellery Queen (Author) 4.2 598 ratings. Book 2 of 27: Ellery Queen Detective. See all formats and editions. A stylish puzzle mystery from the author who “took the intellectual game that was the formal detective novel to greater heights than any American writer” (The Weekly Standard).
- (598)
- Ellery Queen
The French Powder Mystery Hardcover – January 1, 1942. by Ellery Queen (Author) 4.3 584 ratings. Book 2 of 27: Ellery Queen Detective. See all formats and editions. French's department store was famous for the rare merchandise it offered its elite clientele.
- Ellery Queen
The French Powder Mystery (1930), like its successor, contains a strong initial investigation. It takes up 25 chapters, or the first two thirds of the book, and shows EQ's astonishing skills at constructing a detective story plot.
