Last Man to Die (1963)

“Last Man to Die” (November 3, 1963) was the last Ellery Queen story to appear in This Week. Mercifully. Although Continue reading →

Half a Clue to Murder (1963)

From August 25, 1963, and reprinted in QED as “Murder Dept: Half a Clue,” this is another standard story of Continue reading →

The Death of Don Juan (1962)

The novelette that opens Queens Full was the last in that anthology to be published. “The Death of Don Juan” Continue reading →

E=Murder (1960)

Once again, a dying clue, and only a few paragraphs in This Week to figure out if a curvy three Continue reading →

The Finishing Stroke (1958)

Here is the second last Ellery Queen novel. The first last Ellery Queen novel, Ten Days Wonder, saw the detective Continue reading →

The Case Against Carroll (1958)

Here is one of the cousin’s best novellas. The super-short stories they had been churning out for This Week really Continue reading →

Inspector Queen’s Own Case (1956)

I can well imagine this book springing to life in the mid-nineteen fifties, as American culture sped towards serving the Continue reading →

Terror Town (1956)

Here we have a short story with nary a mention of Ellery Queen. It appeared in the legendary, long-running fiction Continue reading →