The Chinese Orange Mystery

MISS DIVERSEY: who nursed a sick man — and a hope

DR. HUGH KIRK: septuagenarian scholar, who was often buried — in a book

MRS. SHANE: the Hotel Chancellor’s floor clerk

JAMES OSBORNE: Donald Kirk’s secretary

“MR. NOBODY FROM NOWHERE”

HUBBELL: a gentleman’s gentleman — but no gentleman

GLENN MACGOWAN: who proved that a friend in need is a friend in deed

IRENE LLEWES: who played her part in the taming of the shrewd

JO TEMPLE: whose knowledge of Chinese helped Ellery get oriented

DONALD KIRK: publisher of books and collector of gems, stamps — and trouble

ELLERY QUEEN: who collared the criminal — and his victim

MARCELLA KIRK: who fainted or feinted when she saw the corpse

NYE: the hotel manager

BRUMMER: the hotel detective

INSPECTOR RICHARD QUEEN: of the Homicide Squad

DR. PROUTY: Assistant Medical Examiner

SERGEANT VELIE: of the Homicide Squad

FELIX BERNE: the man who came late to dinner