Fabo and the nun

Author: Kotler
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Selection of suspense novels from the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine in the United States. All works in this book have won the Edgar Allan Poe Award. The Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine sells over a million copies each issue. A precious film copy is stolen. The thief demands a large ransom from the film company. All of this is due to the guard's momentary negligence. In the instant the copy is stolen, his attention is drawn to a middle-aged woman dressed in fashion from twenty years ago. Is her appearance a coincidence? A nobleman, already mad with the desire to be king, dies mysteriously during his own self-staged coronation ceremony. The suspected individuals include the French chef and several other nobles as mad as the deceased. Who is the murderer? The conclusion leaves everyone stunned. A six-year-old daughter, alone at home, tries to alleviate her loneliness by humming children's songs while watching the house across the street. Everything that happens in the neighbor's house is woven into her songs. When her mother comes home from work, she is horrified to discover something terrible has happened in the neighbor's house from her daughter's meaningless humming. "A woman looks more beautiful after death than when she was alive," the detective concludes after comparing the victim's photo with the body found at the scene. The woman had applied heavy makeup before her murder. What was she planning to do when the murder occurred? Was it a date?