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 →

Enter Ellery Queen (1960)

From the June, 1960 issue of short story anthology Argosy, reprinted in Q.E.D. as “Mystery at the Library of Congress,” 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 →

Miracles Do Happen (1957)

Another short story with three suspects, all who have had their debts called in by an insidious loan shark. Ellery 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 →

The Man They All Hated (1956)

This one, which appeared in the June 10, 1956 issue of This Week, and was reprinted in Q.E.D. as “No Continue reading →