The End

So, that’s it. The novels, short stories and media empire created by Frederic Danny and Manfred Lee, dba Ellery Queen. Continue reading →

The Tragedy of Errors (1999)

Seventy years after the publication of The Roman Hat Mystery, the two men who created Ellery Queen were dead, but Continue reading →

A Fine and Private Place (1971)

  Everything about this novel is predictable. Of course more than one person is murdered, of course the young wife Continue reading →

The Honest Swindler (1971)

The last Ellery Queen short story, published in the ubiquitous Saturday Evening Post, complete with a cover illustrated by Norman Continue reading →

The Odd Man (1971)

The second of three short stories published in 1971 featuring the Puzzle Club, this one appeared in the June issue Continue reading →

The Three Students (1971)

Still enormously popular, the cousins were able to sell their last three short stories to large circulation magazines like Playboy Continue reading →

The Last Woman in His Life (1970)

“It was as if he had mislaid something, but could remember neither what it was nor where he had mislaid Continue reading →

Cop Out (1969)

Advertised as “Different From Any Detective Story Ellery Queen Has Ever Written,” this novel marked the 40th anniversary of the Continue reading →