The final novel by the legendary Ellery Queen, A Fine and Private Place ranks withQueen's incomparable best.
The nine-word clue was one of nine cryptic notes that hadbeen sent to taunt Inspector Queen and his son Ellery nine days after themurder. Nino Importuna had been obsessed with the number. He had lived by it.Now the killer who brought a trio of gory deaths to Nino's ninth-floor penthouseat Number 99 East was camouflaging his identity in a jungle of ninesand daringEllery to find him. The case was destined to be a dazzling contest of witstothe ninth degree!