About the book: 2004 / At a crossroads on a signpost, the headless and crucified corpse of a teacher is discovered (“The Mystery of the Egyptian Cross”)... In the office of a millionaire, the owner of a publishing house and a collector of stamps and jewelry, a male corpse with a broken skull is found (“The Mystery of the Chinese Orange”)... Detective author and amateur detective Ellery Queen undertakes to solve these murders. An excellent psychologist, he always helps his father, a police inspector, to unravel the most complex and sinister crimes..