BOOK 'EM, TOOB-O: ECHOES IN MURDERS

WARNING!!!!  SPOILERS!!!!

'DEATH IN PARADISE'

"EPISODE 4.3"

The Sainte-Marie Heritage Society is celebrating the island's history with a traditional dinner but the members all end up with food poisoning and in the case of group president Francis Davison it is fatal. Suspects number Francis's teen-aged son Ryan, who argued with his father, club secretary Teresa Gower, who was embezzling funds, Francis's ex-mistress Inke and ex-military man Alan Burke, who left the group after a disagreement with Francis. Goodman must determine who is the killer whilst trying to fight his feelings for Camille.
- Written by don @ minifie-1

'THE ADVENTURES OF ELLERY QUEEN'

"THE ADVENTURE OF CAESAR'S LAST SLEEP"

Mobster Ralph Caesar survives a bombing attempt and plays dead, hiding out in a hotel room with two police guards. But he is found dead anyway, of poison. Furious crusading District Attorney Erwin Murphy accuses Inspector Queen and the two guards (including Velie) of serving poisoned chewing gum, the only thing the mobster had to dine on. Ellery thinks this unlikely because nobody opened the packet except Caeser, and starts looking for other ways the poison could have been administered.
- Written by Peter Harris

Because of their occupation outside of the Sainte-Marie Heritage Society, the murderer found inspiration for the plot to kill Francis Davison from reading about the murder of notorious mobster Ralph Caesar back in the 1940s.  It was an ingenious method that was hard to forget once learning of it.......

(Both plot summaries are from the IMDb)

BCnU!