The Dutch Shoe Mystery, Ellery Queen
The Dutch Shoe Mystery, Ellery Queen
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The Dutch Shoe Mystery

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2013

Synopsis

When Abigail Doorn was wheeled into the operation room at the Dutch Memorial Hospital, her face was strangely blue and bloated. A wire had been tightly wound around her neck. The strongest suspect, because he stood to benefit by the death of this wealthy old woman, was her protégé, the famous Dr. Janney. Just before her death he received a strange caller—one whose name he would not divulge. Ellery Queen, having come to the hospital to visit his old friend Dr. Minchen, had been present during the time of the murder. He immediately took over the case. Besides the problem of Dr. Janney and his caller, Ellery found himself confronted with still another—why had Abby Doorn and her housekeeper quarreled continuously for twenty years? The housekeeper admitted she hated the old woman, and with a religious fanaticism declared she was an evil old woman who had received only what she deserved.

About Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn—Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (1905–1982), and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (1905–1971)—to write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered forty-two years, Ellery Queen served as both the authors’ name and that of the detective-hero. The cousins also cofounded and directed Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential English crime-fiction magazines of the twentieth century. They were given the Grand Master Award for achievements in the field of the mystery story by the Mystery Writers of America in 1961.

About Mark Peckham

Mark Peckham is an actor and director based in Rhode Island. In addition to working with Trinity Rep, Virginia Stage Co., and many Boston-area theaters, he was the voice of Joseph Smith in the award-winning PBS documentary American Prophet with Gregory Peck.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on March 05, 2016

Well well well! Third book in the Ellery Queen mystery series read. This one gets 3 stars, while the second one, 'The French Powder Mystery' received 4 stars. There a gulf between the two, in terms of deduction-the quality and brilliancy of it all. At first I felt betrayed. Firstly because no reflect......more

Goodreads review by Julian on May 10, 2024

This is a good book to read. It flows really well and the characters are easy to distinguish. My slight quibble is that a police department wouldn't allow the son of a detective to solve the crimes, even an eccentric and intellectual character like Ellery Queen. But, once you accept that, the book i......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on April 28, 2020

Lovely clean book, newly published by Otto Penzler Presents -- Exciting, yes? Not for this reader. It is somewhat amusing to read of misconceptions about diabetic treatment, I suppose, but not when a diabetic lady philanthropist dies awaiting surgery. By strangulation. And then there were two. Eller......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on February 03, 2022

This was the most complicated Ellery Queen story yet and despite focusing correctly on the right clue, I came nowhere close to solving it. When Abigail Doorn, wealthy supporter of New York City charities, is murdered in the hospital she founded, the demand that her murderer be caught rises up from p......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on March 12, 2012

It seems I'm forever criticizing books which begin with great promise, but do not follow through with the qualities they began with. The reason: most books are like this, and most particularly, those of the mystery genre. While in the midst of The Dutch Shoe Mystery, I thought that perhaps this woul......more

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