Mind Over Matter (1939)

The third of the Ellery Queen sports mystery short stories, with special guest Paula Paris, takes place at a New Continue reading →

The Long Shot (1939)

The second of the Ellery Queen sports mysteries to appear in Blue Book magazine (September, 1939) may very well be Continue reading →

Man Bites Dog (1939)

A simple piece of fluff interesting for the continuation of Ellery and Paula’s relationship, and for Ellery’s cross-over into the Continue reading →

The Four of Hearts (1938)

This novel begins: “It is a well-known fact that anyone exposed to Hollywood longer than six weeks goes suddenly and Continue reading →

The Devil to Pay (1938)

Here comes another change to the Ellery Queen mysteries: This is the first novel or short story where the title Continue reading →

The Door Between (1937)

Hot on the heels of Halfway House came The Door Between. Both titles denote transitions, and perhaps the cousins were Continue reading →

Halfway House (1936)

A condensed version of this novel appeared in Cosmopolitan (June, 1936). I wonder what was cut out of, or later Continue reading →

The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)

In The Chinese Orange Mystery the victim was stripped naked and re-dressed with his clothes on backwards in order to Continue reading →