# Roman Hat Mystery

An audiobook by Ellery Queen, read by LibriVox volunteers (10 h 35 min, English).

A disreputable lawyer is discovered dead by poisoning during the performance of a play in New York City. Not only that, despite being sold out, the body is surrounded by empty seats. Plus his top hat is missing. Inspector Richard Queen of the Homicide Squad is called-in to solve the case, along with his mystery writer son, Ellery. First in the Ellery Queen mystery novel series. - Summary by The Narrator

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## Chapters

0. Foreword (15:24): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_00_queen_64kb.mp3
1. Chapter 1 - In Which Are Introduced a Theater-Audience and a Corpse (17:03): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_01_queen_64kb.mp3
2. Chapter 2 - In Which One Queen Works and Another Queen Watches (32:37): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_02_queen_64kb.mp3
3. Chapter 3 - In Which a "Parson" Comes to Grief (34:23): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_03_queen_64kb.mp3
4. Chapter 4 - In Which Many Are Called and Two Are Chosen (16:30): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_04_queen_64kb.mp3
5. Chapter 5 - In Which Inspector Quinn Conducts Some Legal Conversations (45:40): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_05_queen_64kb.mp3
6. Chapter 6 - In Which the District Attorney Turns Biographer (21:34): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_06_queen_64kb.mp3
7. Chapter 7 - The Queens Take Stock (24:41): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_07_queen_64kb.mp3
8. Chapter 8 - In Which the Queens Meet Mr. Field's Very Best Friend (36:44): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_08_queen_64kb.mp3
9. Chapter 9 - In Which the Mysterious Mr. Michaels Appears (15:14): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_09_queen_64kb.mp3
10. Chapter 10 - In Which Mr. Field's Tophats Begin to Assume Proportions (25:36): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_10_queen_64kb.mp3
11. Chapter 11 - In Which the Past Casts a Shadow (27:07): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_11_queen_64kb.mp3
12. Chapter 12 - In Which the Queens Invade Society (31:44): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_12_queen_64kb.mp3
13. Chapter 13 - Queen to Queen (41:48): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_13_queen_64kb.mp3
14. Chapter 14 - In Which the Hat Grows (32:48): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_14_queen_64kb.mp3
15. Chapter 15 - In Which an Accusation Is Made (23:42): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_15_queen_64kb.mp3
16. Chapter 16 - In Which the Queens Go to the Theater (26:44): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_16_queen_64kb.mp3
17. Chapter 17 - In Which More Hats Grow (42:05): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_17_queen_64kb.mp3
18. Chapter 18 - Stalemate (18:11): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_18_queen_64kb.mp3
19. Chapter 19 - In Which Inspector Queen Conducts More Legal Conversations (24:02): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_19_queen_64kb.mp3
20. Chapter 20 - In Which Mr. Michaels Writes a Letter (7:55): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_20_queen_64kb.mp3
21. Chapter 21 - In Which Inspector Queen Makes a Capture -- (9:29): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_21_queen_64kb.mp3
22. Chapter 22 - --And Explains (1:03:54): https://archive.org/download/romanhatmystery_2602_librivox/romanhatmystery_22_queen_64kb.mp3