
French Powder Mystery
French''s department store was famous for the rare merchandise it offered its elite clientele. But no one there could be proud of its latest exclusive window display: the bloodstained corpse of the owner''s wife. Ellery Queen and his father, Inspector Richard Queen, soon discover that this palace of commerce is a viper''s nest of fear, jealousy, suspicion, and hatred, where love is cheap and the p...
French''s department store was famous for the rare merchandise it offered its elite clientele. But no one there could be proud of its latest exclusive window display: the bloodstained corpse of the owner''s wife. Ellery Queen and his father, Inspector Richard Queen, soon discover that this palace of commerce is a viper''s nest of fear, jealousy, suspicion, and hatred, where love is cheap and the p...