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Ellery Queen Detective #Short Stories 6
Ellery Queen's International Case Book
* SOUTHERN SPAIN: The Beautiful Lady of El Puerto
(05/30/54 as "The Fatal Tattoo")
* JAPAN: Tokyo's Greatest Bank Robbery
(06/27/54 as "Mad Murderer of Tokyo")
* NORMANDY: Inspector Fosse's Last Case
(08/08/54 as "The Gravedigger's Secret)
* ARGENTINA: The Butcher of Buenos Aires
(11/28/54 as "The Clue of the Missing Hands").
* RUMANIA: The Swindler of Adamolis
(06/13/54 as "The Adamolis Swindle")
* ALGERIA: The Strangled Bride of Oran
(06/06/54 "The Strangled Bride")
* MEXICO: The Jaws of Death
(12/12/54 "The Claws of the Hawk")
* INDIA: The Curse of Kali (07/18/54)
* YUGOSLAVIA: Crime Wave, Balkan Style
(07/04/54 as "No Name on the Search Warrant")
* ECUADOR: The Mysterious Shooting at the Nacional
(10/10/54 as "Masquerade for Murder")
* PARIS: The Young Man Who Lost His Eyes
(06/20/54 as "The Acid Test")
* THE PHILIPPINES: Death in Manila
(05/23/54 as "The Clue of the White Glove")
* WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Death Among the Aborigines
(07/11/54 as "Murder Down Under")
* CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The Curious Case of the Flirt
(08/01/54 as "The Girl Who Flirted with Death")
* MONTE CARLO: The Crime of the Croupier (10/17/54)
* MOROCCO: African Love Story
(09/26/54 as "Murder at the Wedding")
* TURKEY: Secrets of the Harem
(10/21/54 as "Death in the Harem")
* CHINA: The Shanghai Shootings
(01/02/55 as "The Clue of the Passionate Poem")
* MADRID: The Red Virgin
(12/05/54 as "The Red Maiden of Madrid)
* JERUSALEM: Passion in the Holy Land
(08/15/54 as "Dead in the Garden")
(05/30/54 as "The Fatal Tattoo")
* JAPAN: Tokyo's Greatest Bank Robbery
(06/27/54 as "Mad Murderer of Tokyo")
* NORMANDY: Inspector Fosse's Last Case
(08/08/54 as "The Gravedigger's Secret)
* ARGENTINA: The Butcher of Buenos Aires
(11/28/54 as "The Clue of the Missing Hands").
* RUMANIA: The Swindler of Adamolis
(06/13/54 as "The Adamolis Swindle")
* ALGERIA: The Strangled Bride of Oran
(06/06/54 "The Strangled Bride")
* MEXICO: The Jaws of Death
(12/12/54 "The Claws of the Hawk")
* INDIA: The Curse of Kali (07/18/54)
* YUGOSLAVIA: Crime Wave, Balkan Style
(07/04/54 as "No Name on the Search Warrant")
* ECUADOR: The Mysterious Shooting at the Nacional
(10/10/54 as "Masquerade for Murder")
* PARIS: The Young Man Who Lost His Eyes
(06/20/54 as "The Acid Test")
* THE PHILIPPINES: Death in Manila
(05/23/54 as "The Clue of the White Glove")
* WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Death Among the Aborigines
(07/11/54 as "Murder Down Under")
* CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The Curious Case of the Flirt
(08/01/54 as "The Girl Who Flirted with Death")
* MONTE CARLO: The Crime of the Croupier (10/17/54)
* MOROCCO: African Love Story
(09/26/54 as "Murder at the Wedding")
* TURKEY: Secrets of the Harem
(10/21/54 as "Death in the Harem")
* CHINA: The Shanghai Shootings
(01/02/55 as "The Clue of the Passionate Poem")
* MADRID: The Red Virgin
(12/05/54 as "The Red Maiden of Madrid)
* JERUSALEM: Passion in the Holy Land
(08/15/54 as "Dead in the Garden")
158 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1964
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About the author
Ellery Queen
1,801 books492 followersaka Barnaby Ross.
(Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
"Ellery Queen" was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. 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.
Although 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. Their character was an amateur detective who used his spare time to assist his police inspector father in solving baffling crimes. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee's death.
Several of the later "Ellery Queen" books were written by other authors, including Jack Vance, Avram Davidson, and Theodore Sturgeon.
(Pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
"Ellery Queen" was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. 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.
Although 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. Their character was an amateur detective who used his spare time to assist his police inspector father in solving baffling crimes. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee's death.
Several of the later "Ellery Queen" books were written by other authors, including Jack Vance, Avram Davidson, and Theodore Sturgeon.
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June 21, 2022
Algemeen: een tegenvaller.
20 verhalen die echt gebeurd zouden moeten zijn. Ik heb het niet nagekeken maar het kan best.
Ze zijn gerangschikt als een wereldreis volgens de landen waar het gebeuren plaatsvindt. Ellery Queen is hier de reiziger die het verhaal optekent van mensen die het meegemaakt hebben of er uit de eerste hand van gehoord hebben. De bedoeling is om het op een Ellery Queen achtige manier te vertellen.
Dit faalt grotendeels, mogelijk omdat het echt gebeurd is en dat dat zich niet zomaar in deze vorm laat kneden. Meestal voel je als lezer de ontknoping al lang van tevoren aankomen.
Soms is de finale uitkomst toch nog wel een beetje onverwacht.
Het voordeel van het boek is dat het om erg korte verhalen van gemiddeld amper 8 bladzijden gaat. Wat er ontbreekt qua spanning wordt goedgemaakt door de variatie en zo gaat het toch nog redelijk goed vooruit. Als het echte gebeurtenissen zijn dan verdient dat punten, anders is het binnen het oeuvre van Ellery Queen een jammerlijke mislukking.
20 verhalen die echt gebeurd zouden moeten zijn. Ik heb het niet nagekeken maar het kan best.
Ze zijn gerangschikt als een wereldreis volgens de landen waar het gebeuren plaatsvindt. Ellery Queen is hier de reiziger die het verhaal optekent van mensen die het meegemaakt hebben of er uit de eerste hand van gehoord hebben. De bedoeling is om het op een Ellery Queen achtige manier te vertellen.
Dit faalt grotendeels, mogelijk omdat het echt gebeurd is en dat dat zich niet zomaar in deze vorm laat kneden. Meestal voel je als lezer de ontknoping al lang van tevoren aankomen.
Soms is de finale uitkomst toch nog wel een beetje onverwacht.
Het voordeel van het boek is dat het om erg korte verhalen van gemiddeld amper 8 bladzijden gaat. Wat er ontbreekt qua spanning wordt goedgemaakt door de variatie en zo gaat het toch nog redelijk goed vooruit. Als het echte gebeurtenissen zijn dan verdient dat punten, anders is het binnen het oeuvre van Ellery Queen een jammerlijke mislukking.
October 14, 2015
Let's imagine your oldest daughter is getting married in a few days. Any reading material has to be light, easy to find your place when you pick it up for a few minutes, and entertaining.
So that's the state I was in last week when my youngest daughter (the bridesmaid) dropped into Half Price Books. Rose's goal - pick up some Ace double sci-fi novels (you know - the kind that has two books back-to-back, upside down). Mine - to spend as little money as possible.
However, I'd also been interested in trying Ellery Queen. These very short stories with exotic, international locations were just what the doctor ordered. Queen is traveling round the world looking for crime stories and he finds them in every nation from Mexico to Japan to Yugoslavia. These stories are very entertaining and surprisingly complex for being so short.
So that's the state I was in last week when my youngest daughter (the bridesmaid) dropped into Half Price Books. Rose's goal - pick up some Ace double sci-fi novels (you know - the kind that has two books back-to-back, upside down). Mine - to spend as little money as possible.
However, I'd also been interested in trying Ellery Queen. These very short stories with exotic, international locations were just what the doctor ordered. Queen is traveling round the world looking for crime stories and he finds them in every nation from Mexico to Japan to Yugoslavia. These stories are very entertaining and surprisingly complex for being so short.
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