With $250,000--of somebody else's money--in his pocket, Ellery had the time of his life buying in the famous Garten book collection as it was auctioned off. But the fun didn't last long, for before evening John Mathews, who had been responsible for Garten's ruin, was found murdered. And neither the book collector, nor the dead man's nephew, Walter, who was engaged to Garten's daughter, had any kink of an alibi.

The police were certain it was murder - but a reliable witness "saw" the hated Wall Street millionaire shoot himself in the head! There were half a dozen suspects - each, naturally, with an airtight alibi - but first Ellery Queen had to figure out how the impossible crime was committed.
Ellery crashed through the door and bent over Nikki on the floor. "What happened?" he demanded. "Are you hurt?"
"I don't know" she moaned."I thought I was dead" She sat up and pointed at the corner of the room, where the chimpanzee cowered, whimpering. "That creature... he came through the window with a gun...he tried to murder me!"

Non-Queen based on the movie 'Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime' so again the plot of  'The Devil to Pay' was used. Nikki Porter reappeared. Also appeared as "Better Little Books" in 1942.

The Perfect Crime Translations: Dutch/Flemish: Mr.Misdaad German: Flieg, Kugel, flieg Italian: Ellery Queen e il delitto perfetto