Greek Coffin Mystery

In one of his earliest cases, Ellery Queen confronts a murder in the upper echelons of American society. America's preeminent deductive master, Ellery Queen, built his reputation by blending remarkable displays of pure reasoning with the traditional investigative legwork that comes naturally as the offspring of a New York police officer. Before ascending to his status as the nation's most renowned detective, he was merely an untested prodigy—a voracious reader who believed his intellect could be employed to solve criminal mysteries. A young Queen earned his stripes through the Khalkis case.
Georg Khalkis, scion of a prominent New York art-dealing dynasty, had been confined to his home for several years due to blindness—a misery he was freed from when a heart attack claimed his life, leaving him sprawled on the library floor. Following his funeral, his last will and testament mysteriously disappeared, despite exhaustive searches of his residence, the churchyard, the family crypt, and the mourners. Perplexed, the authorities turned to a determined, young genius named Ellery Queen. During this investigation, Queen refined his deductive methodology and experienced dramatic fluctuations between failure and success.