Ellery Queen

A mystery set in a large occupied theater with an unexplained mystery.

The New York City Theatre District provides the backdrop in this locked-room mystery, the first of many featuring Inspector Richard Queen and his son, Ellery Queen!

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....

The silent rush of footsteps, the muffled shriek, the ever-tightening noose of exotic silk…the mark of the Cat....

The Queens are intrigued when a grisly murder mars a small town's Christmas. It's Christmas in Chicago, and Detective Richard Queen is enjoying a busman's holiday at a conference on gangland violence....

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

In one of his earliest cases, Ellery Queen confronts a murder in blue blood....

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

Nino Importuna had been obsessed with the number. He had lived by it. Now the killer who brought a trio of gory deaths to Nino's ninth-floor penthouse at Number 99 East was camouflaging his identity....

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

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

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....

Let Ellery Queen clue you in on his special brand of high tension, brain-teasing mystery....

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

While stranded in the desert, Ellery Queen stumbles across a religious cult....

The four of them had only two things in common - their name and a love for the ladies. John Boce was a no-account accountant who lusted after food, drink, cars, and women....

In the merry month of May, Ellery Queen made a trek to Gettysburg to witness an annual celebration - and an annual murder....

Gloria Guild is the singing "glory" of the thirties and the millionairess wife of Count Carlos Armando, renowned only for his succession of wealthy wives....

In New York City in the early 1930s, a man is poisoned on a crowded streetcar during rush hour. Everyone sees Longstreet die - but no one sees the killer....

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....