# Jess Lynch — The Roman Hat Mystery character guide

> Jess Lynch in The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jessie Lynch, Lynch

**First appearance:** 0015-part-two-xi-in-which-the-past-casts-a-shadow

## Who they are

Woman with a past connection to Monte Field.

## In the story

### [Lexicon of Persons Connected with the Investigation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_roman_hat_mystery_se/chapters/lexicon-of-persons-connected-with-the-investigation)

The obliging orangeade-boy.

### [In Which a “Parson” Comes to Grief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_roman_hat_mystery_se/chapters/part-one-iii-in-which-a-parson-comes-to-grief)

Orangeade boy who delivers a bottle to Parson Johnny and provides key details about the timing and the top hat.

### [In Which Inspector Queen Conducts More Legal Conversations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_roman_hat_mystery_se/chapters/part-four-xix-in-which-inspector-queen-conducts-more-legal-conversations)

Reports seeing Field pick up a shiny object (possibly a woman's purse) in the alleyway.

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