
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
Now we go back, temporarily, to the longer short story format. Needing to develop more month-themed stories for the upcoming Continue reading
By now, there are devices that can be identified as newish tropes in Ellery Queen’s stories. This one has two: Continue reading
Ellery is aging: “He had been laid up for ten day a painful attack of sciatica, and he had been Continue reading
A locked room, a corpse. This time, everything in the room is reversed, including the dead man’s clothing. International queries Continue reading
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
At last, a really good Ellery Queen short story! The characters have at least some individuality, the mystery intrigues, and, Continue reading
The cousins, Manfred B. Lee and Frederic Dannay, hit a career low with their short story “The Adventure of the Continue reading
Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee’s two early sleuths appeared in separate stories in a magazine the cousins published in October Continue reading