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'As an anthologist, Ellery Queen is without peer, his taste unequalled. As a bibliographer and a collector of the detective short story, Queen is, again, a historical personage. Indeed, Ellery Queen clearly is, after Poe, the most important American in mystery fiction.'— Otto Penzler, from Detectionary: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Characters in Mystery FictionA newspaper receives a letter from a man claiming to have been murdered—it's impossible but the truth is not so simple; five strangers who share the same initials are invited to spend the night in a luxury hotel but one of them is a murderer.The 12 stories in this book will lead you through dramatic twists and unexpected turns. The legendary Ellery Queen selected these stories by award-winning Japanese authors from among many thousands published in postwar Japan. Each story features an unusual crime and a complex set of clues investigated by a diverse and colorful cast of characters that includes a calculating inspector, a tenacious journalist, and a determined scientist.The thrilling stories in this volume include:'Perfectly Lovely Ladies'by Kawabata Award winner Yasutaka Tsutsui: Eight women fight the high cost of l

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Author

Queen, Ellery

Publisher

Tuttle Publishing

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804812542

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Short Stories, Children'S, True Crime

Rating

3.66 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14