Эллери Квин — библиография

This book is a colorful collection of Japanese crime stories in English.The ideal detective-crime-mystery story of today, in the eyes of Japanese writers and critics, is «one which, although written around a believable framework, is first and foremost a detective fiction.» And that definition is exemplified and adhered to in most of the stories that make up the…

For years, Inspector Richard Queen had been outshone by his writer son. Now, with Ellery away, he had a case all his own--or did he? The verdict had been accidental death, and only the victim's nurse had seen the one thing that made it murder. Recruiting a Senior Citizens corps of retired cops, Dick Queen tracked a murderer--and found himself courting his only…

Ellery's job was to keep a powerful tycoon from being murdered. The task looked simple. But here was a case where the perfect detective came face to face with a killer how had contrived the perfect crime! For how could King Bendigo, closely guarded behind steel doors, be shot by Judah, who was being watched by Ellery in another room? Queen was royally stumped and…

When Ellery and his father's best friend Judge Macklin go to spend their holidays in the seaside cottage near the Spanish cape, what is waiting for them is a woman with hands and feet tied who is injured and fainting. Lossa, the daughter of the owner of the cape, has been abducted. And her uncle has been captured to the sea and has disappeared. Incredible things are…

Ellery Queen drops in to Dutch Memorial Hospital for a quick visit with his old friend, Medical Director Dr. John Minchen. Minchen gives him a tour, and invites him to stay and observe an operation on the hospital's benefactor, Abby Doorn. Ellery takes a seat in the operating theatre's gallery. The patient is brought in, but something is wrong. She is dead, garroted…