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A Fine and Private Place / The Madman Theory
A Fine and Private Place / The Madman Theory Author:Ellery Queen The final novel by the legendary Ellery Queen, A Fine and Private Place ranks with Queen's incomparable best. — The nine-word clue was one of nine cryptic notes that had been sent to taunt Inspector Queen and his son Ellery nine days after the murder. Nino Importuna had been obsessed with the number. He had lived by it. Now t... more »he killer who brought a trio of gory deaths to Nino's ninth-floor penthouse at Number 99 East was camouflaging his identity in a jungle of nines -- and daring Ellery to find him. The case was destined to be a dazzling contest of wits -- to the ninth degree!
The Madman Theory -- Madman or murderer? That was the question, and it was Police Inspector Omar Collins who had come up with the answer. All he had to go on was: the victim -- Earl Genneman, wealthy president of Genneman Labs; the scene -- right in the middle of a busy state park; the murder weapon -- a shotgun that was still missing; the witnesses -- Myron Retwig, Red Kershaw, Bob Vega, and Buck James, all friends or employees of the deceased; the motive -- unknown; the suspects -- everyone!« less