Ellery Queen

Some bizarre things have been happening to the eccentric Hatter family. First, the body of York Hatter is recovered from the ocean. But he didn't drown. He died of poison....

Could murder really be hereditary? Davy Fox certainly thinks so....

A card with the letter "J" on it appeared in Robert York's mail, and a day later he was dead....

Despite the dismal Broadway season, Gunplay continues to draw crowds....

French's department store was famous for the rare merchandise it offered its elite clientele....

Frightfully rich and awesomely respectable, the McKells had never been touched by scandal. At least, not until the handsome Dane McKell discovered his father's secret affair....

John Lovering Benedict had more than most men - more money, more mansions, more cars, but most of all more women....

Buck Horne has roped thousands of cattle, slugged his way out of dozens of saloons, and shot plenty of men dead in the street - but always on the back lot....

Having escaped New York with the hopes of finishing his latest mystery novel in peace in Los Angeles, Ellery Queen is shocked when a knock on his door lands him in the middle of another mystery....

It was a script that could only have come from Hollywood: the wedding of two superstars after a scandal-filled courtship... a wild trip by private plane to a hideaway... a deadly double overdose of drugs...

Queen's Bureau of Investigation is now open for business - and in each department of this new enterprise Ellery finds ample opportunity to exercise his crime-lab mind....

The first thing to vanish is a worthless doorstop. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, goes its rich and elderly owner. And, for the grand finale, both reappear....

Once upon an evil time, there was a wicked old woman with a mammoth shoe company worth many millions of dollars, a henpecked husband, and six miserable children....

Dashing detective Ellery Queen and his father are driving over the pothole-scarred Arrow Mountain Road when they come face to face with a wall of flame....

In these ripping short stories, the mystery genre's greatest sleuth shows his chops....

Ellery had a simple case....

The victim had lived two lives, but a single knife thrust ended both of them. The trail of suspicion led into the guilt-edged world of the beautiful people....

When Abigail Doorn was wheeled into the operation room at the Dutch Memorial Hospital, her face was strangely blue and bloated....

On a seaside vacation, Ellery Queen is ensnared in a trio of strange crimes....

A puzzling publishing murder attracts the eye of Ellery Queen....