The Spanish Cape Mystery, Ellery Queen
The Spanish Cape Mystery, Ellery Queen
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The Spanish Cape Mystery

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2013

Synopsis

On a seaside vacation, Ellery Queen is ensnared in a trio of strange crimes.Spanish Cape is a dramatic promontory, its rocky cliffs topped with a picturesque hacienda. This isolated spot belongs to millionaire Walter Godfrey and it should be a peaceful family getaway—but one summer evening, Rosa Godfrey argues with her uncle David as he tries to convince her not to run away with one of their guests, the roguish John Marco. Suddenly, a one-eyed gunman appears out of the twilight. He seems to mistake David for John, and forces the pair to the mainland, where he clubs David on the head and locks Rosa in an empty vacation cottage. The next day, Rosa is rescued by the renowned sleuth Ellery Queen, who had come to the coast for a holiday. For a moment, it seems her luck has changed, but then the universe delivers another crushing blow. John has been found stone dead and stark naked. This will not be the first working vacation for the unfailingly logical Ellery Queen, but to unravel the mystery of the undressed man, he will have to make sense of what happened on the worst night of Rosa Godfrey's life.

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 Nandakishore on July 23, 2022

I have never read an Ellery Queen mystery before this one, except for a short story, The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats when I was a teenager. I remember liking it. His novels are not easily available in India nowadays, so when I saw this in a second-hand shop, I immediately picked it up. Well, I......more

Goodreads review by Bev on September 02, 2019

"That’s the trouble with clever men,” muttered Ellery. “A crime being necessary, according to their lights, they determine to commit it so ingeniously,that it will be insoluble. But the cleverer they are and the more complex their schemes, the more danger they run of going wrong." The Spanish Cape My......more

Goodreads review by Dan on January 09, 2009

I recently acquired 23 novels by the infamous Ellery Queen through a used bookstore on-line. (Powells) In case you never heard of this author, Ellery Queen is a pseudonym for two people, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. All of the novels were written between the 30's through the 70's and as far a......more

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on August 09, 2016

Ellery Queen books are quite inconsistent. They're a mixed bag. The more difficult is it to solve the crime on your own, the worse the book is. This I've gleaned from experience in reading the blighters. As for this particular book, there was too much melodrama and not enough drama. Concretely, too......more

Goodreads review by Martin on July 08, 2012

Another great Ellery Queen novel. I enjoy the challenge to the reader, because unlike other mystery writers, the EQ team provides everything for you to solve the case. Although I can't ever seem to do it (probably because I just enjoy the ending and "listening" to Ellery explain everything in his re......more

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“Ellery Queen takes us on a journey…There is plenty of action and fun reading these tales.” Amazon.com Reviews

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