The Tragedy of Errors, and Others, Ellery Queen
The Tragedy of Errors, and Others, Ellery Queen
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The Tragedy of Errors, and Others

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 2 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2016

Synopsis

The Tragedy of Errors is the lengthy and detailed plot outline for the final but never published Ellery Queen novel, containing all the hallmarks of the greatest Queen mysteries—the dying message, the succession of false solutions before the astonishing truth is revealed, and scrupulous fair play to the listener. And the theme is one that Queen had been developing for many years: the manipulation of events in a world going mad by people who aspire to the power of gods.The Tragedy of Errors also contains the six hitherto uncollected Ellery Queen short stories—“Terror Town,” “Uncle from Australia,” “The Three Students,” “The Odd Man,” “The Honest Swindler,” “The Reindeer Clue,” and “Wedding Anniversary.”

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 Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on May 12, 2021

Interesting, but . . An interesting book for Ellery Queen enthusiasts, but abysmally formatted and proofed. My recommendation is for the content, not the presentation.......more

Goodreads review by Will on July 27, 2024

This collection was published for the 70th anniversary of the first EQ book, and I read it when EQ would now be 95 years old. Like many "new" items (which, since one of the authors had died prior to its completion, was mostly an outline in narration), it is bundled with older stuff; but about half t......more

Goodreads review by Conni on July 31, 2023

A delightful collection of short stories that really show off Ellery Queen at his best (and weirdest). A perfect ending to my effort to read every Ellery Queen book (featuring, Ellery, not written by the Ellery Boys). Terror Town was fun, although I think Susie deserves to slap her beau maybe just o......more

Goodreads review by Robert A Keene on January 18, 2018

The full length stories were very good whodunits the short stories were not as good, I especially didn't like the mystery club idea where Ellery has to figure out by asking questions to the high class social elites and of course he asks just the perfect questions and everyone is astonished he is so......more

Goodreads review by Juan on June 18, 2019

It is just a plot not a novel. Dannay wrote it but Lee never completed the novel since he died before doing it. The short stories are boring, the rest of the book just an anthology.......more

Quotes

“After Poe, I think it’s true that Ellery Queen was the most significant and important writer of mystery fiction in America.” Otto Penzler, Edgar Award–winning author

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