The Mysterious Black Ledger (1952)

This story had an effect on me which I am sure the cousins did not intend. Ellery is playing messenger. Continue reading →

The Vanishing Wizard (1951)

This first appeared in This Week (September 30, 1951), and was reprinted in Queen’s Bureau of Investigation as “Swindle Department: Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Needle’s Eye (1951)

Originally the radio broadcast “Captain Kidd’s Bedroom, (February 11, 1940), this was adapted to the short story format in the Continue reading →

Kidnaped (1951)

Based on the radio episode “Kidnaped,” (May 9, 1943), published as “Kidnaped,” (This Week, July 8, 1951) and as “Kidnaping Dept: Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Medical Finger (1951)

Based on the June 11, 1942 radio episode, “The June Bride,” “The Adventure of the Medical Finger” first appeared in Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Emperor’s Dice (1951)

Now we go back, temporarily, to the longer short story format. Needing to develop more month-themed stories for the upcoming Continue reading →

The Gambler’s Club (1951)

By now, there are devices that can be identified as newish tropes in Ellery Queen’s stories. This one has two: Continue reading →

The Witch of Times Square (1950)

Ellery is aging: “He had been laid up for ten day a painful attack of sciatica, and he had been Continue reading →