The Siamese Twin Mystery (1933)

This hermetically sealed house mystery has a twist. The murders take place in a large manse atop “Arrow Mountain,” cut Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Glass – Domed Clock (1933)

Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee’s two early sleuths appeared in separate stories in a magazine the cousins published in October Continue reading →

Drury Lane’s Last Case (1933)

Well, the cousins sure did it this time: they actually killed their sleuth Drury Lane.  This was no Reichenbach Falls, Continue reading →

The American Gun Mystery (1933)

The yellow pinto station wagon threw up a cloud of dust as it raced toward the parking lot at the Continue reading →

The Tragedy of Z (1933)

One does get the impression that Manfred Lee and Frederic Dannay did not much care for the detectives they created Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Teakwood Case (1933)

The May, 1933 (Volume 7, #5)  issue of Mystery  saw Ellery Queen’s second published short story, “The Affair of the Continue reading →

The Adventure of the One-Penny Black (1933)

Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee’s first published short story appeared in the second issue of Great Detective Magazine in April Continue reading →

The Adventure of the African Traveler (1933)

In the early months of 1933, the cousins expanded further, this time into the realm of short stories.  The lucrative Continue reading →