The Origin of Evil, Ellery Queen
The Origin of Evil, Ellery Queen
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The Origin of Evil

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Fred Sullivan

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2014

Synopsis

Having escaped New York with the hopes of finishing his latest mystery novel in peace in Los Angeles, Ellery Queen is shocked when a knock on his door lands him right in the middle of yet another mystery.Leander Hill, a prominent Hollywood jeweler, recently died of a heart attack after receiving a package containing a dead dog, a sight that literally frightened him to death. Hill's daughter is convinced the act was premeditated murder and enlists Queen's help to catch the killer. Now Queen must harness all of his skills to prevail over this unscrupulous mind.

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 Fred Sullivan

Fred Sullivan is an actor and an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. He has played over one hundred roles as an award-winning resident actor at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island. He is resident director at Gamm Theatre and teaches acting at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen

"The Origin of Evil" is a typical Ellery Queen novel but with the addition of a component not really seen before in the Queen detective novels. Written in the early 1950's, the cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, must have seen the success of the rawer and edgier Mickey Spillane's b......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

One of my favorite Queens, it has all the charm and the clues that I expect from these authors. The cluing is fascinating and I can't add much more without spoilers, but always a great read.......more

Goodreads review by Tommy

Een grotendeels prettig lezen verhaal met een grootse Ellery Queen in de hoofdrol. Het sex-appeal druipt van de bladzijden door de 2 tegengestelde vrouwen waar hij uiteindelijk helemaal niks mee heeft, hij behoudt zijn reputatie als kluizenaar. Ellery werkt nauw samen met inspekteur Keats en komt sta......more

Quotes

“The absolute acme of intricate ingenuity.” New York Times

“Ellery Queen, in fine form…The surmise-surprise package as before.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“The Origin of Evil has an abundance of mystery plot…It is a pleasure to read a book focused so strongly on mystery and detection.” MysteryFile.com

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