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 Scarlet Letters (1953)

At first blush, The Scarlet Letters does not fit the mold of the political novels Ellery Queen was writing in Continue reading →

“My Queer Dean!” (1953)

Spoonerisms are fun. Named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), spoonerisms are funny word plays based on switching the Continue reading →

The Accused (1953)

This one was the only Ellery Queen story to appear in the short-lived Today’s Family magazine (February 15, 1953), titled Continue reading →

Cold Money (1952)

Here comes another hidden treasure mystery. “The Mysterious Black Ledger” was an interesting twist on the trope – criminals searched Continue reading →