There Was an Old Woman (1943)

So, after Calamity Town, a step back to the screwball comedy. Ellery returns to New York City, and he and Continue reading →

Calamity Town (1942)

Three years after their most most recent published novel, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee published Calamity Town, a novel Continue reading →

Man Bites Dog (1939)

A simple piece of fluff interesting for the continuation of Ellery and Paula’s relationship, and for Ellery’s cross-over into the Continue reading →

The Four of Hearts (1938)

This novel begins: “It is a well-known fact that anyone exposed to Hollywood longer than six weeks goes suddenly and Continue reading →

The Devil to Pay (1938)

Here comes another change to the Ellery Queen mysteries: This is the first novel or short story where the title 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 →