Ellery Queen #3

What starts as a captain's practical joke—summoning detective Ellery Queen to investigate stolen bubble gum—turns deadly serious when one of the young thieves collapses from poisoning. Ellery uncovers a sinister smuggling operation hidden inside the candy shipment, but the discovery puts him directly in the path of the criminals behind it. As the case shifts from petty theft to something far more dangerous, Ellery finds himself caught between solving the mystery and surviving the night.

When Richard Hobart receives a pair of striped pajamas from his aunt, a simple gift becomes the centerpiece of a baffling case—one that leaves the police convinced he murdered his wife, but Inspector Queen's son Ellery convinced there's more to the story. Determined to uncover the truth, Ellery spends a night in Hobart's apartment wearing those very pajamas, only to experience the same terrifying nightmares and sleepwalking episodes that plagued their rightful owner. What Ellery discovers at the police lab will expose a far more sinister plot than anyone suspected.

In 1910 New York, a young thug named Ike rises through the ranks of the Monk Eastman Gang, earning the fearsome nickname "Ike, the Blood" despite never having killed a man—his real weapon is his fists and street smarts. When a gypsy fortune teller predicts his violent fate, Ike becomes obsessed with uncovering the identity of the man she sees in his future, haunted by a nightmare of a faceless shooter. As gang rivalries intensify and enemies multiply around him, Ike must grapple with a destiny he may not be able to escape.