Susan C. (SusanofGreenGables) reviewed on 10/6/2006 + 618 more book reviews

French's department store was famous for the rare merchandise it offered its elite clientele. But no one there could be proud of its latest exclusive window display: the bloodstained corpse of the owner's wife.

Ellery Queen and his father, Inspector Richard Queen, soon discovered that this palace of commerce was a viper's nest of fear, jealousy, suspicion and hatred, where love was cheap and the price of honor marked down. But worst of all was the mysterious mocking mastermind who was out to turn the glittering store into a bargain basement of murder....

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