The Adventure of the Teakwood Case (1933)

The May, 1933 (Volume 7, #5)  issue of Mystery  saw Ellery Queen’s second published short story, “The Affair of the Continue reading →

The Adventure of the One-Penny Black (1933)

Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee’s first published short story appeared in the second issue of Great Detective Magazine in April Continue reading →

The Adventure of the African Traveler (1933)

In the early months of 1933, the cousins expanded further, this time into the realm of short stories.  The lucrative Continue reading →

The Egyptian Cross Mystery (1932)

Nothing here is hermetically sealed, from Appalachia to Gatsby’s Long Island to a European back story, to the severed heads, Continue reading →

The Tragedy of Y (1932)

Just another mystery book, or so it seems.  Starts out in the normal way, everything looks familiar.  A body is Continue reading →