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Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453229255

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The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen Pdf

A murder in a crowded Broadway theater presents a full house of suspects—the first in this classic mystery series starring Ellery Queen! Despite the dismal Broadway season, Gunplay continues to draw crowds. A gangland spectacle, it’s packed to the gills with action, explosions, and gunfire. In fact, Gunplay is so loud that no one notices the killing of Monte Field. In a sold-out theater, Field is found dead partway through the second act, surrounded by empty seats. The police hold the crowd and call for the one man who can untangle this daring murder: Inspector Richard Queen. With the help of his son Ellery, a bibliophile and novelist whose imagination can solve any crime, the Inspector attacks this seemingly impenetrable mystery. Anyone in the theater could have killed the unscrupulous lawyer, and several had the motive. Only Ellery Queen, in his debut novel, can decipher the clue of the dead man’s missing top hat.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Signet Book
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0451028945

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Queens Full by Ellery Queen Pdf

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625672193

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The Finishing Stroke by Ellery Queen Pdf

At the tail end of the Roaring Twenties, a birthday bash for publishing heir John Sebastian, Jr., perfectly coincides with the twelve days of Christmas. Among the twelve invited guests is Ellery Queen, a newly published mystery writer planning to enjoy every last minute. But when an uninvited Santa Claus shows up on Christmas Eve and then mysteriously goes missing, the party takes a disturbing turn. Threatening clues masked as gifts begin to appear under the tree, and Queen - a novice crime fighter on his first solo case - must try to solve the killer's puzzle before someone gets murdered. After a dead body turns up, Queen is no closer to stopping the killer. If he can’t anticipate the next clue before it shows up, John Sebastian’s birthday will end up his funeral.

Author : Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476676524

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Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story by Laird R. Blackwell Pdf

Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) was--with his partner Manfred Lee--the creator of the Ellery Queen detective novels and short stories. Dannay was also a literary historian and critic, and the editor of the renowned Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Queen--both a pen name and the fictional protagonist of the stories--was also a vital force behind the continuing popularity of crime fiction in the early to mid-20th century, after the deaths of Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Melville Davisson Post, and other Old Masters of the genre. This book presents the first critical study of Ellery Queen's role in the preservation of the detective short story. Many of the writers, characters and stories EQMM championed are covered, including such celebrated authors as Allingham, Ambler, Ellin, Innes, Vickers, and even William Butler Yeats.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789049982799

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The Adventures of Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen Pdf

In eleven ripping stories, the mystery genre’s greatest sleuth shows his chops For Ellery Queen, there is no puzzle that reason cannot solve. In his time, he has faced down killers, thugs, and thieves, protected only by the might of his brain—and the odd bit of timely intervention by his father, a burly New York police inspector. But when a university professor asks Queen to teach a class, the detective finds there are people whom reason cannot touch: college students. Queen’s adventure on campus is only the first of this incomparable collection of short mysteries. In these pages, he tangles with a violent book thief, an assassin who targets acrobats, and New York’s only cleanly shaven bearded lady. Criminals everywhere fear him, whether they work in mansions or back alleys. No mystery is too difficult for the man with the golden brain.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504020015

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The King Is Dead by Ellery Queen Pdf

Ellery Queen and his father discover a baffling murder on a private island Ellery Queen and his father are meandering through breakfast when their apartment is invaded. Without making a sound, 2 men appear in the Queens’ living room, guns drawn, and proceed to search the place. When they’re done, a 3rd man follows: a paunchy little professor-type who happens to be the brother of a king. King Bendigo doesn’t rule a country, but his control of the international arms trade has made him one of the richest men in the world. It’s not surprising that somebody wants him dead. Bendigo’s brother comes to the Queens to ask them to save the tycoon’s life—but they fail. The king is found dead in a hermetically sealed room, a bullet lodged in his heart. The murder is impossible to solve—that is, for anyone but Ellery Queen.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625671905

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The Door Between by Ellery Queen Pdf

Raised in Japan by American expatriates, Karen Leith now lives a reclusive life in New York, known chiefly for her highly regarded novels, of which the latest has won a major American literary award. When she is found on the floor behind her desk, surrounded by blood, it looks like foul play. But the only possible suspect is Leith’s future daughter-in-law, Eva, who has recently become engaged. Eva swears by her innocence, even though she was the last to hear Leith alive and the first to find her dead. Eva was waiting outside Leith’s office to share the happy news and maintains that no one entered through that door, while the room's other possible exit was locked. The only one who can help her clear her name is mystery writer Ellery Queen, an acquaintance of the victim through New York’s literary circles. Queen intends to unravel the locked-room mystery, but with no murder weapon and too many incriminating fingerprints, this case just might be one even he can’t solve.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0394488504

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Ellery Queen's Crookbook by Ellery Queen Pdf

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789049982829

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The Siamese Twin Mystery by Ellery Queen Pdf

Trapped on a burning mountain, the Queens take refuge with a killer Dashing detective Ellery Queen and his father are driving over the pothole-scarred Arrow Mountain road when they come face to face with a wall of flame. They tear back in the other direction, fire at their fenders, and finally find safety in a clearing, at the home of Dr. Xavier, a renowned surgeon. He is a genial man, but his distracted, mysterious smile conceals dark secrets. Passing through one of the drafty hallways, Ellery’s father is startled by a pair of eyes burning in the darkness—the eyes of a monster. Could they be trapped on some kind of mountain of Dr. Moreau? Dr. Xavier introduces them to the rest of his household, including his wife, brother, and medical assistant. Everyone’s welcoming, but they also seem anxious and cagey. When the good doctor is found shot to death in his study, Queen realizes that he and his father have more to fear than a pair of sinister eyes. The Queens may have escaped the forest fire, but they have leapt into a situation that is every bit as hot.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Detective and mystery stories, English
ISBN : UCSD:31822011245016

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Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen by Ellery Queen Pdf

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789049982805

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The French Powder Mystery by Ellery Queen Pdf

A corpse in a department store window offers a gruesome puzzle for Ellery Queen The windows of French’s department store are one of New York’s great attractions. Year-round, their displays show off the finest in fashion, art, and home décor, and tourists and locals alike make a point of stopping to see what’s on offer. One afternoon, as the board debates a merger upstairs, a salesgirl begins a demonstration in one of the windows, showing off French’s new Murphy bed. A crowd gathers to watch the bed lower from the wall after a single touch of a button. But as the bed opens, people run screaming. Out tumbles a woman—crumpled, bloody, and dead. The victim was Mrs. French, wife of the company president, and finding her killer will turn this esteemed store upside down. Only one detective has the soft touch necessary—debonair intellectual Ellery Queen. As Queen and his police inspector father dig into French’s secrets, they find their killer is more serious than any window shopper.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789049986506

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Calamity Town by Ellery Queen Pdf

Looking for trouble, Ellery Queen descends on a small town At the tail end of the long summer of 1940, there is nowhere in the country more charming than Wrightsville. The Depression has abated, and for the first time in years the city is booming. There is hope in Wrightsville, but Ellery Queen has come looking for death. The mystery author is hoping for fodder for a novel, and he senses the corruption that lurks beneath the apple pie façade. He rents a house owned by the town’s first family, whose three daughters star in most of the local gossip. One is fragile, left at the altar three years ago and never recovered. Another is engaged to the city’s rising political star, an upright man who’s already boring her. And then there’s Lola, the divorced, bohemian black sheep. Together, they make a volatile combination. Once he sees the ugliness in Wrightsville, Queen sits back—waiting for the crime to come to him.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504016551

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Calendar of Crime by Ellery Queen Pdf

In this collection of short stories, the legendary detective must solve one mystery per month in a year of chilling crime. Every new year, the seven remaining alumni of the first graduating class of Eastern University gather in Manhattan to reminisce. Within that group, there is a secret clique—the Inner Circle—forged around a crooked business arrangement, the profits of which will be collected by the last living member. When three of the Inner Circle die within a year, the remaining men fear for their lives. Just before Christmas, one of the survivors comes to the great detective Ellery Queen to beg for help. There are just a few days to save a life—and the university itself. Even if Queen can get to the bottom of the Inner Circle, eleven more puzzles will greet him throughout the year. As Calendar of Crime flips onward, the detective will find that there is no off-season for murder.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Booksales
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1555213502

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Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes by Ellery Queen Pdf

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789049982751

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The Dutch Shoe Mystery by Ellery Queen Pdf

Queen visits an operating theater to witness a surgery, but finds a murder instead The son of a police detective, Ellery Queen grew up in a bloody atmosphere. Since he started lending his deductive powers to the New York City homicide squad, he has seen more than his fair share of mangled corpses. Though he is accustomed to gore, the thought of seeing a living person sliced open makes him ill. So when a doctor invites him to sit in on an operation, Queen braces his stomach. As it happens, his stomach is spared, but his brain must go to work. The patient is Abigail Doorn, a millionairess in a diabetic coma. To prepare her for surgery, the hospital staff has stabilized her blood sugar level and wheeled her to the operating theater—but just before the first incision, the doctors realize she is dead, strangled while lying unconscious on her gurney. Queen came to the hospital to watch surgeons work, but now it’s his time to operate.