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Loading... Katt med många svansar (original 1949; edition 1965)by Ellery Queen, Hans Ullberg
Work InformationCat of Many Tails by Ellery Queen (1949)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Long considered the best of the Queen's, it's a case of small clues and large worries. Ellery finds himself forced into the role of detective in a frightened city. ( ) I knew I had read this before, that’s an awful thing to think when you are partway through a mystery novel. I vaguely knew who had done it and why, but I finished the novel anyway. The Queen’s writing style can get a bit descriptive to a point where it seems that this story originally is a short-story. More deaths were added, and a creative trip to Europe were used to stretch it out. 17-2002 no reviews | add a review
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HTML: The famous sleuth comes out of retirement to help his father hunt down a New York City serial killer: "Marvelous . . . one of his best" (Classic Mysteries). In the dog days of August, it is no surprise to see New Yorkers perspire. But this summer, a killer called the Cat gives the city a new reason to sweat. He selects his victims seemingly at random and strangles them, then escapes without leaving a clue. As the death toll climbs, and the press whips the public into horrified frenzy, Gotham teeters on the edge of anarchy. Ellery Queen, the brilliant amateur sleuth, has gone into retirement when the Cat begins to kill. As his father, a seasoned homicide detective, leads the investigation into the murder, Ellery tries to avoid getting involved. But as the body count rises, he can no longer resist the urge to hunt. The Queens are known for their curiosityâ??and everyone knows how curiosity can affect a cat. No library descriptions found. |
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