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The Adventure of the Emperor’s Dice (1951)

Now we go back, temporarily, to the longer short story format. Needing to develop more month-themed stories for the upcoming Continue reading →

The Gambler’s Club (1951)

By now, there are devices that can be identified as newish tropes in Ellery Queen’s stories. This one has two: Continue reading →

The Witch of Times Square (1950)

Ellery is aging: “He had been laid up for ten day a painful attack of sciatica, and he had been Continue reading →

The Chinese Orange Mystery (1934)

A locked room, a corpse. This time, everything in the room is reversed, including the dead man’s clothing.  International queries Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Two-Headed Dog (1934)

This light-hearted tale of murder on Martha’s Vineyard has a mistake in the title.  The old inn-keeper wanted to name Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Hanging Acrobat (1934)

At last, a really good Ellery Queen short story!  The characters have at least some individuality, the mystery intrigues, and, Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Three Lame Men (1934)

The cousins, Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay, hit a career low with their short story “The Adventure of the 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 →

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