The French Powder Mystery

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This is the second Ellery Queen novel, wherein the writer turned sleuth works with... or sometimes in opposition to... his father, an inspector in the New York Police Department.

The scene is French's Department Store, renowned for its exclusive merchandise until a body turns up on display in its window. - Summary by LynneT

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1 00 - Foreword 13:53
2 01 - The First Episode - "The Queens Were in the Parlor" 11:34
3 02 - "The Kings Were in the Counting-House" 13:17
4 03 - "Humpty-Dumpty Had a Great Fall" 6:30
5 04 - "All the King's Horses" 6:45
6 05 - "And All the King's Men" 13:59
7 06 - Testimony 20:44
8 07 - The Corpse 13:57
9 08 - The Watcher 3:23
10 09 - The Watchers 27:05
11 10 - Marion 16:48
12 11 - Loose Ends 11:08
13 12 - Out the Window... 28:33
14 13 - Second Episode - At the Apartment: the Bedroom 24:40
15 14 - At the Apartment: the Lavatory 7:18
16 15 - At the Apartment: the Cardroom 12:06
17 16 - At the Apartment: Again the Bedroom 25:49
18 17 - At the Apartment: the Library 20:04
19 18 - Scrambled Signs 25:07
20 19 - Opinions and Reports 29:37
21 20 - The Third Episode - Tobacco 11:51
22 21 - Keys Again 8:13
23 22 - Books Again 7:55
24 23 - Confirmation 8:07
25 24 - The Queens Take Stock 33:07
26 25 - The Fourth Episode - Ellerius Bibliophilus 24:56
27 26 - The Trail to Bernice 11:08
28 27 - The Sixth Book 17:39
29 28 - Unraveling Threads 13:16
30 29 - Raid! 4:25
31 30 - Requiem 8:55
32 31 - Alibis: Marion-Zorn 20:23
33 32 - Alibis: Marchbanks 5:09
34 33 - Alibis: Carmody 6:06
35 34 - Alibis: Trask 3:58
36 35 - Alibis: Gray 9:08
37 36 - "The Time Has Come..." 5:00
38 37 - The Last Episode - Make Ready! 8:31
39 38 - The End of All Things 33:45
40 39 - The End of All Things concluded 42:50