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 →

Terror in a Penthouse (1956)

I can just picture the cousins arguing with the editor of This Week over the title of this short story. Continue reading →

The Wrights- ville Heirs (1956)

Once more we go to Wrightsville, the small town that was purportedly murder free until Ellery Queen showed up. There Continue reading →

The Blackboard Gangsters (1955)

The 1950s were an anxious decade in the United States. While the quality of life for many Americans was greater Continue reading →