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03110aam a22004938i 4500 001 A9E1E0C8AA6E11EC998F19923AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220323010120 007 tb 008 211005t20221933meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021048508 020 $a 1432895192 020 $a 9781432895198 035 $a (OCoLC)1274230669 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d IUK $d INO $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3533.U4 $b A74 2022 082 00 $a 792.8 $2 23/eng/20211005 100 1 $a Queen, Ellery, $e author. 245 14 $a The American gun mystery / $c Ellery Queen ; introduction by Otto Penzler. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, ME : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2022. 300 $a 473 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 490 1 $a Thorndike Press large print mystery 500 $a Includes discussion questions. 520 $a "When a washed up Hollywood cowboy-turned-circus rodeo actor is shot dead in the midst of his performance at a New York sports-palace, in front of thousands of onlookers, it seems obvious that someone would have seen the perpetrator of the crime--or at the very least, recovered the gun. But when the ensuing investigation fails to turn up any evidence, even after the newsreels made in the moment are reviewed, the net of suspicion widens across the troupe of performers and the circus staff. Who among them is cunning enough to have constructed such a baffling murder scene? Unluckily for the murderer, genius sleuth Ellery Queen is among the thousands that witnessed the crime, and he won't be satisfied until he cuts through the confusion to discover the truth of the execution. By the time he uncovers all the necessary clues and delivers his patented "Challenge to the Reader," Queen (and his most careful readers) will be able to expose both the killer and the hiding place of the weapon--the titular American Gun that fired the fatal bullet. Reissued for the first time in over thirty years, The American Gun Mystery is among the most beloved of the early Ellery Queen novels, renowned to this day as exemplary works of the American Golden Age mystery. The central puzzle is a "fair play" story in which the reader has all the necessary clues needed to solve the crime"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Queen, Ellery $c (Fictitious character) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Western films $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Rodeos $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Murder $x Investigation $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Actors $x Crimes against $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Detective and mystery fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Penzler, Otto, $e writer of intoduction. 830 0 $a Thorndike Press large print mystery series. 941 $a 4 945 $a lpt 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012021056.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230203015706.0 952 $l VBPC034 $d 20220429140831.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220323010813.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A9E1E0C8AA6E11EC998F19923AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search