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Ellery Queen's Champions of Mystery
The escapades of Nero Wolfe, Inspector Maigret, Lew Archer, Ellery Queen, Nick Velvet, and others are recounted in stories of detectives who are champions of justice, truth, and order
- GenresMysteryShort Stories
485 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 1987
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About the author
Ellery Queen
1,764 books483 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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July 10, 2022
An excellent collection of mysteries from the end of the Golden Age through 1972, featuring quite a few I'd never read before. Queen was an exemplary curator as well as author.
December 11, 2014
Stout, Rex - Nero Wolfe 0 Counterfeit for Murder ***
Pentecost, Hugh - Dr John Smith 0 Volcano in the Mind *****
Dickson Carr, John - Sir Henry Merrivale 0 the House in Goblin Wood ***
MacDonald, Ross - Lew Archer 0 the Missing Sister Case ***
Brand, Christianna - Such a Nice Man ***
Pachter, Josh - Invitation to a Murder ****
Ely, David - No Time to Lose ***
Breen, Jon L- Sir Gideon Merrimac 0 the House of the Shrill Whispers **
Fremlin, Celia - Golden Tuesday ***
Brittain, William - Wynken, Blynken, and Nod ****
Phaon, Jerrold - Hunting Season ****
Simenon, Georges - Maigret 0 Inspector Maigret Thinks ***
Barkin, Haskell - the Last Sassetta *****
Hoch, Edward D - Nick Velvet 0 the Theft of the Satin Jury ***
Townsley Rogers, Joel - the Murderer ***
Mayberry, Florence V - Hong Kong or Wherever **
Queen, Ellery - Ellery Queen 0 the Little Spy ***
Pentecost, Hugh - Dr John Smith 0 Volcano in the Mind *****
Dickson Carr, John - Sir Henry Merrivale 0 the House in Goblin Wood ***
MacDonald, Ross - Lew Archer 0 the Missing Sister Case ***
Brand, Christianna - Such a Nice Man ***
Pachter, Josh - Invitation to a Murder ****
Ely, David - No Time to Lose ***
Breen, Jon L- Sir Gideon Merrimac 0 the House of the Shrill Whispers **
Fremlin, Celia - Golden Tuesday ***
Brittain, William - Wynken, Blynken, and Nod ****
Phaon, Jerrold - Hunting Season ****
Simenon, Georges - Maigret 0 Inspector Maigret Thinks ***
Barkin, Haskell - the Last Sassetta *****
Hoch, Edward D - Nick Velvet 0 the Theft of the Satin Jury ***
Townsley Rogers, Joel - the Murderer ***
Mayberry, Florence V - Hong Kong or Wherever **
Queen, Ellery - Ellery Queen 0 the Little Spy ***
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