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Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee's death. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Their character was an amateur detective who uses his spare time to assist his police inspector uncle in solving baffling crimes. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty-two years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age "fair play" mystery.Īlthough eventually famous on television and radio, Queen's first appearance came in 1928, when the cousins won a mystery-writing contest with the book that would eventually be published as The Roman Hat Mystery.
Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. "Ellery Queen is the American detective story." -Anthony Boucher, author of Nine Times NineĮllery Queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. "A new Ellery Queen book has always been something to look forward to for many years now." -Agatha Christie Only Ellery Queen, in his debut novel, can decipher the clue of the dead man's missing top hat. Anyone in the theater could have killed the unscrupulous lawyer, and several had the motive. With the help of his son Ellery, a bibliophile and novelist whose imagination can solve any crime, the Inspector attacks this seemingly impenetrable mystery. The police hold the crowd and call for the one man who can untangle this daring murder: Inspector Richard Queen. In a sold-out theater, Field is found dead partway through the second act, surrounded by empty seats. In fact, Gunplay is so loud that no one notices the killing of Monte Field. A gangland spectacle, it's packed to the gills with action, explosions, and gunfire.
A murder in a crowded theater leaves a pack of suspects, but only one clueĭespite the dismal Broadway season, Gunplay continues to draw crowds.
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