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Ellery Queen challenges you to solve these clues to death. A thin envelope-worth a man's life. A shattered display case-whose stolen contents a thief replaced with a strange manuscript. The murder symbol: 3HS wM ... the queer cipher found to be an old mark of death. These are but a few of the baffling signs Drury Lane follows down a path of deception and murder to one of the most startling climaxes in mystery fiction.Tags
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This turned out to be a complicated mystery with a very surprising ending. It is the first I've read in this short series and I plan to read the others. Just wished I'd not read this one first.
This was not what is usual in an Ellery Queen plot. There were a good number of clues, many of them very subtle. Also a lot of surprise turns on the path to the solution.
A man with a rainbow coloured beard, a sealed envelope not to be opened unless a phone call wasn't received, William Shakespear, rare books, twins and more. These are just some of the clues and characters involved.
I enjoyed this read and took my time with it.
This was not what is usual in an Ellery Queen plot. There were a good number of clues, many of them very subtle. Also a lot of surprise turns on the path to the solution.
A man with a rainbow coloured beard, a sealed envelope not to be opened unless a phone call wasn't received, William Shakespear, rare books, twins and more. These are just some of the clues and characters involved.
I enjoyed this read and took my time with it.
SP386 Copyright Barnaby Ross
Op het kantoor van inspecteur Thumm, die bij zijn recherchewerk krachtdadig wordt bijgestaan door zijn knappe maar eigenzinnige dochter Patience, verschijnt een zeer opzichtig man die tegen goed geld een dunne envelop in bewaring geeft. In die envelop is een belangrijk geheim verborgen, zegt hij. De bezoeker zal iedere maand op een bepaalde tijd opbellen: mocht hij verstek laten gaan, dan moet inspecteur Thumm de envelop openen. Twee maanden later belt hij inderdaad niet op en Thumm opent de envelop.Met deze eenvoudige handeling wordt een ware doos van Pandora ontsloten. Er komt een mysterieus briefje te voorschijn, waarmee zelfs Drury Lane, de geniale vriend van de Thumms, geen raad weet. De speurtocht naar de betekenis ervan brengt show more weliswaar de oplossing van een oude misdaad, maar een nieuwe kan niet worden voorkomen en de affaire eindigt op een wei zeer tragische wijze. show less
Apr 5, 2025Dutch
Un embrollo impresionante, que engancha sin aburrir y un final sorprendente
Aug 8, 2012Spanish
Traducción muy floja.
Sep 6, 2014Spanish
Serie Negra
Sep 11, 2024Spanish
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- Canonical title
- Drury Lane's Last Case
- Original title
- Drury Lane's Last Case
- Original publication date
- 1933
- People/Characters
- Drury Lane
- First words
- It was a curious beard, an unorthodox beard, almost a humorous beard.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It was icy cold, and a small stained empty vial dropped from its white fingers to the green grass.
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