The Tragedy of Z Author:Ellery Queen Ten years have passed since Drury Lane's explots of the tragedy of X and Y. His mind is as keen as ever, but his old and infirm. Enter Miss Patience Thumm, daughter of now retired Inspector Thumm. A mass of contradictions, she is both an incorrigible flirt and a militant feminist. Patience and Drury team up to investigate the murder of a cro... more »oked state senator. The last act plays out in the death chamber of the state prison itself.