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Ellery Queen was a famous author that wrote mysteries, thrillers, and children’s fiction. Ellery Queen captured the attention of the public because the name was a pseudonym.
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Order of Drury Lane Series as Barnaby Ross
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Tragedy of X | 1932 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Tragedy of Y | 1932 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Tragedy of Z | 1933 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Drury Lane's Last Case | 1933 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ellery Queen Detective Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Roman Hat Mystery | 1929 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The French Powder Mystery | 1930 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Dutch Shoe Mystery | 1931 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Greek Coffin Mystery | 1932 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Egyptian Cross Mystery | 1932 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The American Gun Mystery / Death at the Rodeo | 1933 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Siamese Twin Mystery | 1933 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Chinese Orange Mystery | 1934 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Lamp of God (Short Story) | 1935 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Spanish Cape Mystery | 1935 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Halfway House | 1936 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Door Between | 1936 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The Four of Hearts | 1938 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Devil to Pay | 1938 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Dragon's Teeth / The Virgin Heiresses | 1939 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Penthouse Mystery | 1941 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Calamity Town | 1942 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Perfect Crime | 1942 | Description / Buy | |
19 | There Was an Old Woman / The Quick and the Dead | 1943 | Description / Buy | |
20 | The Murderer is a Fox (Short Story) | 1945 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Ten Days' Wonder | 1948 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Cat of Many Tails | 1949 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Double, Double / The Case of the Seven Murders | 1950 | Description / Buy | |
24 | The Origin of Evil | 1951 | Description / Buy | |
25 | The King is Dead | 1952 | Description / Buy | |
26 | The Golden Summer | 1953 | Description / Buy | |
27 | The Scarlet Letters | 1953 | Description / Buy | |
28 | The Glass Village | 1954 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Inspector Queen's Own Case | 1957 | Description / Buy | |
30 | The Finishing Stroke | 1958 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Queens Full | 1960 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Dead Man's Tale | 1961 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Death Spins the Platter | 1962 | Description / Buy | |
34 | The Player On Other Side | 1963 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Kill as Directed | 1963 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Murder with a Past | 1963 | Description / Buy | |
37 | And on the Eighth Day | 1964 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Four Men Called John | 1964 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Ellery Queen's Lethal Black Book | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
40 | The Fourth Side of the Triangle | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
41 | A Study in Terror | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Losers, weepers | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
43 | Shoot The Scene | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
44 | The Madman Theory | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
45 | Face to Face | 1967 | Description / Buy | |
46 | Q.E.D. Queen's Experiments in Detection | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
47 | House of Brass | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
48 | The Devil's Cook | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
49 | Cop Out | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
50 | The Last Woman in His Life | 1970 | Description / Buy | |
51 | Ellery Queen's Poetic Justice | 1970 | Description / Buy | |
52 | A Fine and Private Place | 1971 | Description / Buy | |
53 | Blow Hot Blow Cold | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
54 | The House of Brass | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
55 | Ellery Queen, Master Detective | 2020 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ellery Queen Jr. Mystery Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Black Dog Mystery | 1941 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Black Dog Mystery | 1941 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Green Turtle Mystery | 1944 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Red Chipmunk Mystery | 1946 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Brown Fox Mystery | 1948 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Golden Eagle Mystery | 1948 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Brown Fox Mystery | 1948 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The White Elephant Mystery | 1950 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The White Elephant Mystery | 1950 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Yellow Cat Mystery | 1952 | Description / Buy | |
11 | The Yellow Cat Mystery | 1952 | Description / Buy | |
12 | The Mystery of the Vanished Victim | 1954 | Description / Buy | |
13 | The Mystery of the Merry Magician | 1954 | Description / Buy | |
14 | The Blue Herring Mystery | 1954 | Description / Buy | |
15 | The Mystery of the Merry Magician | 1961 | Description / Buy | |
16 | The Mystery of the Vanished Victim | 1962 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Purple Bird Mystery | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Purple Bird Mystery | 1965 | Description / Buy |
Order of Tim Corrigan Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Where Is Bianca? (Short Story) | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
2 | How Goes the Murder? (Short Story) | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Who Spies, Who Kills? (Short Story) | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Why So Dead? | 1966 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Which Way to Die? (Short Story) | 1967 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Guess Who's Coming to Kill You? (Short Story) | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
7 | What's in the Dark? (Short Story) | 1969 | Description / Buy |
Order of Mike McCall Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Campus Murders | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The Black Hearts Murder (Short Story) | 1970 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Blue Movie Murders | 1973 | Description / Buy |
Order of Masterpieces of Mystery Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Masterpieces of Mystery | 1976 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ellery Queen Standalone Novels
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Player on the Other Side | 1963 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Wife or Death (Short Story) | 1963 | Description / Buy | |
3 | The Last Score | 1964 | Description / Buy | |
4 | The Killer Touch | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Beware the Young Stranger | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
6 | The Copper Frame | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
7 | A Room To Die In | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Penthouse Mystery, The (Short Story) | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Most Wanted Man In The World (Short Story) | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Kiss and Kill | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
11 | When Fell The Night | 1970 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Door Between | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Eyes of Mystery | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
14 | House of Darkness (Short Story) | 2010 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ellery Queen Short Story Collections
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | The Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1933 | Description / Buy | |
2 | The New Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1939 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Calendar of Crime | 1952 | Description / Buy | |
4 | QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation | 1965 | Description / Buy | |
5 | QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Kindly Dig Your Grave and Other Wicked Stories | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
7 | The Tragedy of Errors and Others | 1999 | Description / Buy | |
8 | The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
9 | The Adventures of the Murdered Moths | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
10 | The Adventures of the Puzzle Club | 2022 | Description / Buy |
Order of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Annual Series
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Ellery Queen's Crime Carousel | 1960 | Description / Buy | |
2 | Ellery Queen's 16th Mystery Annual | 1961 | Description / Buy | |
3 | To Be Read Before Midnight | 1962 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Ellery Queen All Stars | 1967 | Description / Buy | |
5 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Parade | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Ellery Queen's Mini Mysteries | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
7 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Bag | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Ellery Queen's Best Bets | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Ellery Queen's Crookbook | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Ellery Queen's Book Of Mystery Stories | 1974 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Ellery Queen's Murdercade | 1975 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Ellery Queen's Crime Wave | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Ellery Queen's Giants of Mystery | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Ellery Queen's Magicians Of Mystery | 1976 | Description / Buy | |
15 | X Marks the Plot | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Ellery Queen's Crimes and Consequences | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
17 | Ellery Queen's International Case Book | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
18 | Ellery Queen's Cops And Capers | 1977 | Description / Buy | |
19 | Ellery Queen's Japanese Golden Dozen | 1978 | Description / Buy | |
20 | Ellery Queen's The Golden 13 | 1980 | Description / Buy | |
21 | Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
22 | Ellery Queen's Veils of Mystery | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
23 | Ellery Queen's Doors to Mystery | 1981 | Description / Buy | |
24 | Ellery Queen's Maze Of Mysteries | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
25 | Ellery Queen's Book of First Appearances | 1982 | Description / Buy | |
26 | Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
27 | Ellery Queen's Crimes and Punishments | 1984 | Description / Buy | |
28 | Ellery Queen's Prime Crimes Two | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
29 | Ellery Queen's a Multitude of Sins | 1986 | Description / Buy | |
30 | Ellery Queen's Circumstantial Evidence | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
31 | Ellery Queen's Champions Of Mystery | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
32 | Ellery Queen's Masks of Mystery | 1988 | Description / Buy | |
33 | Ellery Queen's Crime Cruise Round the World | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
34 | Ellery Queen's More Lost Ladies and Lost Men | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
35 | Ellerys Queen's Masters of Mystery | 1989 | Description / Buy | |
36 | Ellery Queen's Eyewitnesses | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
37 | Ellery Queen's Screen Favourites | 1991 | Description / Buy | |
38 | Ellery Queen's More Eyewitnesses | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
39 | Ellery Queen's Edgar Award Winners | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
40 | Ellery Queen's Faces of Mystery | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
41 | Ellery Queen's Other Faces of Mystery | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
42 | Ellery Queen's Windows Of Mystery | 1994 | Description / Buy | |
43 | Ellery Queen's Searches and Seizures | 1995 | Description / Buy |
Ellery Queen Anthologies
# | Read | Title | Published | Details |
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1 | Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction | 1948 | Description / Buy | |
2 | 20 Great Tales of Murder | 1952 | Description / Buy | |
3 | Nero Wolfe Mystery Magazine Volume 1 Number 1, January 1954 | 1954 | Description / Buy | |
4 | Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine July 1958 | 1958 | Description / Buy | |
5 | The Locked Room Reader: Stories of Impossible Crimes and Escapes | 1968 | Description / Buy | |
6 | Daring Detectives | 1969 | Description / Buy | |
7 | American City | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
8 | Space Suits & Gumshoes | 1972 | Description / Buy | |
9 | Chapter and Hearse | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
10 | Deadly Arts | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
11 | Wickedest Show on Earth | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
12 | Handle with Care: Frightening Stories | 1985 | Description / Buy | |
13 | Murder for Christmas | 1987 | Description / Buy | |
14 | Great Baseball Stories | 1990 | Description / Buy | |
15 | Great Tales of Crime and Detection | 1992 | Description / Buy | |
16 | Fifty Best Mysteries | 1993 | Description / Buy | |
17 | The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories | 1996 | Description / Buy | |
18 | The Oxford Book of Detective Stories | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
19 | The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century | 2000 | Description / Buy | |
20 | A Century of Great Suspense Stories | 2001 | Description / Buy | |
21 | The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction | 2004 | Description / Buy | |
22 | The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen | 2020 | Description / Buy |
It belonged to two cousins: Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee. Those were their professional names. Frederic’s real name was ‘Daniel Nathan.’ He was born in 1905 and died in 1982. Manfred’s real name was ‘Emmanuel Benjamin Lepofsky, born in 1905 and died in 1971.
Under the ‘Ellery Queen’ name, they wrote 30 novels and a multitude of short stories. Interestingly enough, their most popular creation was the detective ‘Ellery Queen.’
Ellery was America’s most prominent fictional detective in the 1930s and 40s, making several appearances in movies, tv shows, and radio dramas. Besides writing mystery novels, the authors edited more than two dozen crime fiction and true crime anthologies using their pen name.
Later on, they permitted other authors to write crime thrillers using their pseudonym. But these writers were prohibited from using the character of ‘Ellery Queen’ in their stories.
Eventually, they experimented with ‘Drury Lane,’ a new detective whose stories they wrote and published using a different pen name: Barnaby Ross. Drury Lane was not as popular as Ellery Queen, and they only wrote four novels about the detective.
People would often speculate about Ellery Queen’s approach to the writing process. The common assumption was that Dannay created the plots and clues. He would also outline the characters and their arcs.
Lee would provide the words that brought Dannay’s plots and characters together. No one can say for sure whether or not this was true. Regardless of their writing process, the authors garnered a strong reputation as the most important mystery fiction writers in American publishing, secondly only to Poe.
Ellery Queen, the detective, was introduced to readers in 1928 when the cousins created the character for a novel they entered in a McClure’s Magazine writing contest. Their entry won the competition, but the victory was meaningless because the magazine closed before their story was published.
A year later, they found another publisher. Readers were fascinated by the intricacy of ‘The Roman Hat Mystery,’ a book that dared them to solve the mystery alongside Ellery.
Once interest in the character grew, the cousins gave their pen name a fictitious background. He was supposedly narrating his adventures in the mystery novels that readers encountered.
The detective introduced himself as a snobbish, educated intellectual born to the daughter of a New York aristocrat. He was larger than life, a figure with whom readers could barely relate.
But over time, he became more human, betraying his emotions to the people he came across during his cases.
Ellery Queen Awards
Queen received Edgar Awards (Mystery Writers of America) in 1946, 1950, 1961, and 1969.
Ellery Queen Books Into Movies
Various mystery films were directly or loosely inspired by Ellery Queen’s work, including: ‘The Spanish Cape Mystery,’ ‘The Mandarin Mystery,’ ‘Ellery Queen, Master Detective,’ and, ‘Ellery Queen’s Penthouse Mystery,’
They also made ‘Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime,’ ‘Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring,’ ‘A Close Call for Ellery Queen,’ ‘A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen,’ ‘Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen,’ and ‘Ten Days’ Wonder,’ to mention but a few.
Best Ellery Queen Books
Ellery Queen, the author, died when Manfred Lee died. Though, Dannay lived for 11 years following Lee’s death. Ellery Queen’s best books include:
The Roman Hat Mystery: A crooked lawyer is dead. Someone used lead alcohol to poison him at the end of the second act of a play at the Roman Theater. The only significant clue is his fine silk top hat, which is missing.
Richard Queen and his son Ellery have been summoned to investigate. The detectives are fixated on the hat because none of the people leaving the theater had two hats.
They don’t know why anyone would take the hat or how it fits into the murder, but they have every intention of finding out.
The Greek Coffin Mystery: George Khalkis was gone. The famous art dealer died of a heart attack. But that isn’t the reason that compelled his lawyer to contact the district attorney. Inspector Queen and his son were called upon to investigate because the older man’s will was missing.
After searching every nook and cranny, Ellery wondered whether anyone had bothered to check the coffin. When they exhumed Khalkis, the detectives were shocked to find two bodies.
When Does The Next Ellery Queen book come out?
Ellery Queen doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is The Adventures of the Puzzle Club and was released on October, 31st 2022. It is the newest book in the Ellery Queen Short Story Collections.
I’m looking for a short story in EEMM about a father who listens to a ham radio and can hear future occurrences and ends with his son’s death? Possibly by drowning? My brother used to get the subscription in the 70’s and 80’s