The French Powder Mystery
by Ellery Queen
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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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| Foreword | 13:53 | Read by Rita Boutros | |
| The First Episode - "The Queens Were in the Parlor" | 11:33 | Read by Louise Jaeschke | |
| "The Kings Were in the Counting-House" | 13:17 | Read by Louise Jaeschke | |
| "Humpty-Dumpty Had a Great Fall" | 6:30 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| "All the King's Horses" | 6:45 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| "And All the King's Men" | 13:59 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| Testimony | 20:44 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| The Corpse | 13:57 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| The Watcher | 3:23 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| The Watchers | 27:05 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| Marion | 16:48 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| Loose Ends | 11:08 | Read by Lynne T | |
| Out the Window... | 28:33 | Read by Rita Boutros | |
| Second Episode - At the Apartment: the Bedroom | 24:40 | Read by Rita Boutros | |
| At the Apartment: the Lavatory | 7:18 | Read by Kate Adams | |
| At the Apartment: the Cardroom | 12:06 | Read by Lynne T | |
| At the Apartment: Again the Bedroom | 25:49 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| At the Apartment: the Library | 20:04 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| Scrambled Signs | 25:07 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| Opinions and Reports | 29:37 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| The Third Episode - Tobacco | 11:51 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| Keys Again | 8:13 | Read by Patty H | |
| Books Again | 7:55 | Read by Patty H | |
| Confirmation | 8:07 | Read by Rita Boutros | |
| The Queens Take Stock | 33:07 | Read by Rita Boutros | |
| The Fourth Episode - Ellerius Bibliophilus | 24:56 | Read by Rita Boutros | |
| The Trail to Bernice | 11:08 | Read by Tera Brinegar | |
| The Sixth Book | 17:39 | Read by Jersey City Frankie | |
| Unraveling Threads | 13:16 | Read by Owlivia | |
| Raid! | 4:25 | Read by Rita Boutros | |
| Requiem | 8:55 | Read by Rita Boutros | |
| Alibis: Marion-Zorn | 20:23 | Read by czandra | |
| Alibis: Marchbanks | 5:09 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| Alibis: Carmody | 6:06 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| Alibis: Trask | 3:58 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| Alibis: Gray | 9:08 | Read by Nancy Gorgen | |
| "The Time Has Come..." | 5:00 | Read by Patty H | |
| The Last Episode - Make Ready! | 8:31 | Read by Patty H | |
| The End of All Things | 33:45 | Read by czandra | |
| The End of All Things concluded | 42:50 | Read by czandra |