The Adventure of the Murdered Millionaire

he Adventure of the Murdered Millionaire (1941)
	Nobody had any reason to want Peter Jordan dead. Yet the ailing millionaire sent Ellery a desperate call for help...and Ellery and Nikki found him murdered! No motive... no clues... For once Ellery Queen was bogged down- until he found a very important wad of chewing gum! Another non-Queen story with Ellery "sleuthing" around. Based on a radio play "The Gum-chewing Millionaire" by Ellery Queen from 1939. Published in 1942 as one of the Better Little Books (N° 1472) (left) and published by Pyramid books in 1968 together with The Last Man Club. Illustrated by Erwin L.Hess Above left: "Lucille Cherry Told her Story". Above right: "Nikki's eyes Sparkled".
Above (Top and left side): The Whitman Better Little Book edition features a murder mystery with black and white illustrations on right-hand pages with vignette at upper right corner of those pages with figures that appear to move when the pages are flipped. *

Adventure of the Murdered Millionaire Translations: Italian: L’avventura del milionario assassinato AKA Il Milionario Assassinato Japanese: 大富豪殺人事件 Russian: Убийство миллионера


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