Qbi Queens Bureau Of Investigation

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504016568

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QBI, Queen's Bureau of Investigation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

From cons to kidnapping to murder, eighteen ingenious stories showcase the talents of “the prince of American detective fiction” (Kirkus Reviews). The agents of the FBI are fierce, brilliant, and brave—but nothing in their files can compare to the puzzling mysteries that have been tackled by Ellery Queen. He is a one-man crime-fighting force, whose areas of expertise range from murder and blackmail to rare books and buried treasure. At the headquarters of the Queen’s Bureau of Investigation, or QBI, there’s no crime that can’t be solved. Whether investigating a trio of widows, a bumbling Shakespearean actor, or a blackmailed Sicilian, Queen is quick to deploy his secret weapon in the fight against crime: his brain. Each of these eighteen stories is an elegant puzzle, crafted with all the wit that has made Queen the most famous detective of his age.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:54271406

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Q.B.I. (Queen's Bureau of Investigation). Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504016582

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QED, Queen's Experiments in Detection Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The legendary detective investigates the death of a chrysanthemum king, as well as fourteen other mysteries in this short story collection. When Godfrey Mumford retired to focus on his chrysanthemums, he was worth a little over $5 million. A decade later, his family gathered for his birthday, he delivers shocking news: Thanks to poor investments on behalf of his financial manager, every penny is gone. The house is mortgaged, the stocks are sold—the only valuable item remaining is a priceless chrysanthemum pendant that once belonged to the emperor of Japan. It is Mumford’s prized possession, and it will be his doom. Soon after Mumford is paralyzed by a stroke, he is found murdered. The bizarre death catches the eye of world-famous detective Ellery Queen, who will unravel the mystery of this novella, Mum’s the Word, with the same elegance that he brings to each of the stories in this marvelous collection.

Author : Graham Andrews
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476673684

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American Rivals of James Bond Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This is a critical history of spy fiction, film and television in the United States, with a particular focus on the American fictional spies that rivaled (and were often influenced by) Ian Fleming's James Bond. James Fenimore Cooper's Harvey Birch, based on a real-life counterpart, appeared in his novel The Spy in 1821. While Harvey Birch's British rivals dominated spy fiction from the late 1800s until the mid-1930s, American spy fiction came of age shortly thereafter. The spy boom in novels and films during the 1960s, spearheaded by Bond, heavily influenced the espionage genre in the United States for years to come, including series like The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Matt Helm. The author demonstrates that, while American authors currently dominate the international spy fiction market, James Bond has cast a very long shadow, for a very long time.

Author : Dean A. Stahl,Karen Landen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1529 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420036640

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Abbreviations Dictionary Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Published in 2001: Abbreviations, nicknames, jargon, and other short forms save time, space, and effort - provided they are understood. Thousands of new and potentially confusing terms become part of the international vocabulary each year, while our communications are relayed to one another with increasing speed. PDAs link to PCs. The Net has grown into data central, shopping mall, and grocery store all rolled into one. E-mail is faster than snail mail, cell phones are faster yet - and it is all done 24/7. Longtime and widespread use of certain abbreviations, such as R.S.V.P., has made them better understood standing alone than spelled out. Certainly we are more comfortable saying DNA than deoxyribonucleic acid - but how many people today really remember what the initials stand for? The Abbreviations Dictionary, Tenth Edition gives you this and other information from Airlines of the World to the Zodiacal Signs.

Author : Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,5 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 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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 : Josh Pachter,Dale C. Andrews
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479436620

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The Misadventures of Ellery Queen Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This volume assembles 16 stories by a wide variety of authors, all written (sometimes tongue-in-cheek) as homages to, and parodies and pastiches of, the character -- and writing team -- known as "Ellery Queen."

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0819602388

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In the Queens' Parlor Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0819602299

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Queen's Quorum Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625671929

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The Devil to Pay Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

When every last one of the Ohippi hydro-electric power plants are destroyed by flood, Rhys Jardin is one of many who loses everything. But somehow Jardin's longtime partner, finance magnate Solly Spaeth, manages to come out of it wealthier than before, thanks to a brilliant-if-underhanded move to sell off his shares before disaster struck. Spaeth has more than enough money to rebuild the plants, but why should he, with the law on his side? The only problem is that Spaeth's son Walter, an idealistic journalist, is in love with Jardin's daughter. When he pleads for his father's mercy, he finds himself disinherited from the will. Walter enlists the help of Ellery Queen, a mystery author in town to try his hand at screenwriting for Hollywood, to secretly buy back the auctioned Jardin-family belongings on their behalf. But before Queen can walk away, Solly Spaeth turns up dead. Now embroiled in a real-life mystery, Queen must figure out a way to weed through the suspects, all the while proving himself a player in Hollywood. Unfortunately for Queen, Spaeth's extreme wealth can only be matched by the number of his enemies.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625671882

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The Four of Hearts Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Lew Bascom is an idea man, and he has quite an idea. To put his career on the fast track, Bascom plans to pen a film about Hollywood's longest-running theatrical feud—Blythe Stewart and her daughter Bonnie's rivalry with Jack Royale and his son Ty. The twist? Bascom wants the four actors to play themselves in the film. The film's producer insists on bringing Ellery Queen, a successful New York writer, out to Hollywood to help close the deal. Only problem is that Bascom - a notorious procrastinator - isn't interested in outside help. So beautiful gossip columnist Paula Paris offers Queen an in by explaining the specifics of the feud ranging back to when Blythe and Jack were in a hot and heavy romance, throughout their unexpected separation, and into their subsequent marriages to other people. Meanwhile, the deepening hatred of their adult children has become the latest tabloid fodder. But when Blythe Steward and Jack Royale turn up dead, Queen must go from screenwriter to mystery solver before more Hollywood superstars become Hollywood casualties.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625671899

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There Was An Old Woman Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

At the 37th libel suit Thurlow Potts has brought to court to protect the family name, the family’s beleaguered lawyer Charlie Paxton loses the case. Thurlow seems driven beyond reason to protect the million dollar shoe business of his mother, Cornelia Potts, known to the press as the ‘Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe.’ But some people in the courtroom think Thurlow should be taken seriously, including Ellery Queen, who is looking on while waiting with his father, Inspector Queen of the New York Police Department, for another case. Afraid Thurlow will make good on his threats, Paxton begs Queen for help. Paxton’s fiancee is Thurlow’s sister, and she secures Queen an invitation to dinner, where Queen meets the extended and unusual Potts family. But before the meal ends, Thurlow challenges his younger brother to a duel, and not one, but two murders ensue. For the twin victims, and for Queen who must now solve the crimes, the fairytale is over.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625671912

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Halfway House Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Called to an urgent meeting at a mysterious shack in the middle of nowhere, attorney Bill Angell finds his brother-in-law, traveling salesman Joe Wilson, stabbed. With Joe's dying breath, he manages to convey that his murderer was a veiled woman. Was it the wild-eyed woman who had sped past Bill on his way up the dark road to the shack? To help him unravel the mystery, Bill calls on his old friend Ellery Queen. But first Queen will have to unravel the victim's double life - starting with the shack where he's been found dead, smack dab between two very different worlds. From his first appearance in print in 1929, Ellery Queen became one of America’s most famous and beloved fictional detectives. Over the course of nearly half a century, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, the duo writing team known as Ellery Queen, won the prestigious Edgar Award multiple times, and their contributions to the mystery genre were recognized with a Grand Master Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Mystery Writers of America. Their fair-play mysteries won over fans due to their intricate puzzles that challenged the reader to solve the mystery alongside the brilliant detective. Queen’s stories were among the first to dominate the earliest days of radio, film, and television. Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, which the writers founded and edited, became the world’s most influential and acclaimed crime fiction magazine.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625671905

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The Door Between Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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 : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781625672216

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The Scarlet Letters Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Beautiful actress Martha Lawrence has a problem. Her once loving husband, Dirk, has become violent and controlling, and she doesn't know why. When she reaches out to their friend, mystery-solver Ellery Queen for help, Dirk interrupts their meeting in a drunken rage. He is convinced that the two are having an affair. Martha needs Ellery's help to convince Dirk that she's never cheated and never will. But from the clues he uncovers, it looks as if Martha might be two-timing after all. If Dirk is a cuckold, is his anger justifiable? And who is responsible if it results in murder? Ellery must figure out who is responsible for crippling a marriage before someone gets killed in the name of love.