The New Adventures of Ellery Queen, Ellery Queen
The New Adventures of Ellery Queen, Ellery Queen
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The New Adventures of Ellery Queen

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2015


Synopsis

Trick I—The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear—each as dead as the other.Trick II—From the House of Darkness issues more bafflement. In total darkness and from a distance of twelve feet, four bullets are pumped within an inch of each other into a spectator's back—a feat utterly impossible to perform yet brazenly and undeniably done.Trick III—The pi├¿ce de r├®sistance. This time it's an entire house, a real house, a solid house, which Ellery Queen had been in only the day before … vanished from the face of the earth. And in its place emerges one of the most incredible conundrums ever to face the master crime solver.Encores—The New Adventures of Ellery Queen is a classic collection of eight short mysteries and a remarkable short novel. First published in 1940, it has sold more than one million copies and continues to be "as good as they come" (New York Times). Stories include "The Lamp of God," "The Treasure Hunt," "The Hollow Dragon," "The House of Darkness," "The Bleeding Portrait," "Man Bites Dog," "Long Shot," "Mind over Matter," and "The Trojan Horse."

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 Robert Fass

Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award for the year’s best narration. He has earned many Earphones Awards and AudioFile magazine “Best of the Year” accolades.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Grant on April 16, 2024

This was my first time reading Ellery Queen, and I hope his other stories are better than these. I fully enjoyed one or two of the stories included here, and I enjoyed the premise of most of them. The first one especially - "The Lamp of God" - starts the collection with promise. If you're looking fo......more

Goodreads review by Silver Screen Videos on November 22, 2017

Agatha Christie is the undisputed champion of the traditional puzzle mystery, in which readers attempt to unravel the clues and solve the case along with the detective. However, back in the 1930’s, Ellery Queen was a close second among American readers. Although Richard Dannay and Manfred Lee, the a......more

Goodreads review by Tommy on December 02, 2017

Een aantal spannende en/of mysterieuze zaken die door Ellery Queen tot een goed einde moeten gebracht worden. Soms alleen, soms in gezelschap, soms in persoonlijk gevaar, maar altijd verrassend. Om te lezen en herlezen ook al heb je het al op tv gezien.......more

Goodreads review by Skjam! on January 10, 2019

Ellery Queen was the shared pen name of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, as well as the main character of the mystery stories they wrote. Starting with The Roman Hat Mystery in 1929, they wrote many novels and short stories about a brainy mystery writer solving crimes (and then writing ab......more

Goodreads review by Roy on February 28, 2021

This collection includes one of the best Ellery Queen stories, the novella The Lamp of God, and seven additional short stories, all set in (and written in) the 1930s. They are classic examples of the "fair play" style of detective mystery, where the reader has everything needed to solve the crime (o......more