The Roman Hat Mystery, Ellery Queen
The Roman Hat Mystery, Ellery Queen
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The Roman Hat Mystery

Author: Ellery Queen

Series: Ellery Queen #1

Narrator: Pete Cross

Unabridged: 9 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2025


Synopsis

The New York City Theatre District provides the backdrop in this locked-room mystery, the first of many featuring Inspector Richard Queen and his son, Ellery Queen!

About Pete Cross

Pete Cross is an award-winning audiobook narrator and engineer who earned his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. A multiple Earphones Awards winner and Audie finalist, he was nominated for a SOVAS award for his narration of Moby Dick and received the 2022 Audie Award for Ryan La Sala’s Be Dazzled and the 2023 Odyssey Award for Ryan La Sala’s The Honeys.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on January 19, 2020

I enjoyed this book very well. I hadn't read an Ellery Queen book for 15 years and it took me a full month to read this particular beauty. The mystery is engrossing. In the preface the authors whet your appetite by telling you that the criminal has a remarkable mind. That's kind of a tall order to l......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on June 18, 2022

Es la primera lectura que hago de Ellery Queen. Me ha gustado aunque me esperaba más. El inspector Richard Queen y su hijo, Ellery, escritor de novelas de detectives, deben desentrañar el asesinato del abogado Monte Field. El método deductivo que usan los protagonistas no está mal y quiere ser simila......more

Goodreads review by SewingandCaring on February 01, 2017

My goodness the a lot of people reviewing this know very little about the golden age of detective fiction or indeed, history. Firstly, no chit there is a lot about a hat in it. For that young lady who did not understand why they focused on it so much - everyone wore hats in that era, a missing hat w......more

Goodreads review by Kavita on February 18, 2018

A man is found dead in a theatre during a play and the police are called in. Inspector Richard Queen shows up with his son Ellery, and thus begins the story of the first Ellery Queen novel. The plot starkly brings out its setting in the 1920s since the mystery basically hinges around a missing top h......more

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on August 03, 2021

My first Ellery Queen book and thoroughly enjoyable. The narrator is best heard at 1.1 speed. First published in 1929, this book is naturally dated in some of its social attitudes, particularly with respect to the Queens' servant. It does not bother me, but others may disagree. Queen's books are neat......more