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 Adventure of the Bleeding Portrait (1937)

This short story starts out strongly: The witty banter is, so far, the best and wittiest to date. Ellery is, 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 →

The Hollow Dragon (1936)

It can be hard to imagine the world of the early twentieth century, when great numbers of people were unaware 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 Adventure of the Treasure Hunt (1935)

Once again, Ellery has a fun romp out of the city, this time at a militarized private estate on the Continue reading →

The Lamp of God (1935)

The House of Haunts, a novella, was originally published in Street & Smiths Detective Story Magazine in October, 1935. The Continue reading →