The Three Widows (1950)

The cousins continued to churn out very short short stories for This Week Magazine in the 1950s. These stories, generally, Continue reading →

The Lady Couldn’t Explain (1949)

In the December 4, 1949 issue of This Week appeared a very short story by Ellery Queen. Extremely short, just Continue reading →

Ellery Queen (1949)

Ellery Queen was off the radio, out of Hollywood, and no longer in comic book print. Then, in early 1949, Continue reading →

Cat of Many Tails (1949)

This one is generally regarded as Ellery Queen’s best novel, and for good reason. The hermetically sealed bonds of the Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Dauphin’s Doll (1948)

Imagine Christmas night of 1943: it has been a busy day with family and friends, you are tired. You are Continue reading →

Ten Days’ Wonder (1948)

His prey was man, and he prowled around the bottom lands of iniquity with an enchanted weapon, swelling in fame Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Ides of Michael Magoon (1947)

“But a dead woman without a face!” “I should think you’d be used to that sort of thing by now, Continue reading →

The Adventure of the President’s Half-Disme (1947)

Here comes the cousins’ foray into historical fiction, and while I never think the conclusion is worth talking about, since Continue reading →