The body in the trunk, the vanishing jade necklace, the ventriloquist,the magician & the cardsharp. A fast-paced puzzler. Sheila Cobb turned to Ellery Queen in desperation when her father disappeared. And within half an hour, Ellery found Gordon Cobb... but the solution didn't get him very far. For Gordon Cobb was dead, his body concealed in his own wardrobe trunk in a luxurious penthouse.