Ellery Queen Orden de los libros

Eleven confounding problems in deduction for Golden Age super-sleuth Ellery Queen.

Spanning over fifty years, this collection brings together a diverse array of works that showcase the evolution of themes and styles. It highlights the creativity and depth of its contributors, offering readers a unique glimpse into the changing landscape of literature and thought over decades. Each piece reflects the distinct voices and experiences of its time, making it a significant anthology for both casual readers and literary enthusiasts.

«C'è l'ennesimo stereotipo che vuole che i racconti, per un autore che scrive romanzi, siano una produzione minore. Qualcosa che fai per forza perché te la chiedono per lo spazio ristretto di una rivista, o perché quell'anno non hai un'idea buona per qualcosa di più lungo, per cui tanto vale un'antologia, magari raschiando il proverbiale fondo del barile. Be', non è vero. Per un autore i racconti sono la stanza dei giochi. Un posto libero in cui correre, proprio come fanno i bambini. Un posto in cui giocare. E soprattutto per gli scrittori di gialli, che a giocare ci sono più abituati degli scrittori cosiddetti 'seri', e quindi figurarsi uno come Ellery Queen. Nei racconti si sperimenta, si prova, si inventa e ci si diverte. Nei racconti si dà tutto subito, proprio perché il traguardo è vicino, come nei cento metri, e non puoi permetterti nessun cedimento, nessun errore. Sono meravigliosi, i racconti. Ellery Queen ha scritto una quarantina di romanzi, va bene, ma anche un gran bel numero di racconti, e se volete sapere quanti andate a contarli nell'indice, perché qui ci sono praticamente tutti. Ce n'è anche uno in più, che era inedito in Italia». (Carlo Lucarelli)

The worst motorway crash in thirty years happens on the M4 near London Heathrow Airport. The impact on the lives of those who survive and the repercussions on the families of those who die unfolds and nothing is predictable.After four years of painstaking research, an enzyme is discovered that will revolutionise the cosmetic industry. John Bartlett knows that ‘Impactus' will be the pinnacle of his success, taking his corporation to new heights. Industrial espionage could result in him losing the race. Time is of the essence.Bali is a beautiful Indonesian island housing Kerobokan Jail, one of the worst prisons in the world. A young backpacker must call on all his reserves to survive the dreadful conditions in order to stay alive.

Ellery Queen investigates a murder at the circus rodeo When a washed up Hollywood cowboy-turned-circus rodeo actor is shot dead in the midst of his performance at a New York sports-palace, in front of thousands of onlookers, it seems obvious that someone would have seen the perpetrator of the crime—or at the very least, recovered the gun. But when the ensuing investigation fails to turn up any evidence, even after the newsreels made in the moment are reviewed, the net of suspicion widens across the troupe of performers and the circus staff. Who among them is cunning enough to have constructed such a baffling murder scene? Unluckily for the murderer, genius sleuth Ellery Queen is among the thousands that witnessed the crime, and he won’t be satisfied until he cuts through the confusion to discover the truth of the execution. By the time he uncovers all the necessary clues and delivers his patented “Challenge to the Reader,” Queen (and his most careful readers) will be able to expose both the killer and the hiding place of the weapon—the titular American Gun that fired the fatal bullet. Reissued for the first time in over thirty years, The American Gun Mystery is among the most beloved of the early Ellery Queen novels, renowned to this day as exemplary works of the American Golden Age mystery. The central puzzle is a “fair play” story in which the reader has all the necessary clues needed to solve the crime.

Léto se blíží ke svému závěru a Ellery Queen, amatérský detektiv s železnou logikou, si uvědomuje, že si letních radovánek příliš neužil. Při hledání vhodné dovolené na pobřeží zjistí, že dlouholetý přítel jeho otce, soudce Macklin, se chystá strávit čas na Atlantiku. Oba muži se vydávají na cestu, ale Ellery, jak je jeho zvykem, brzy narazí na zločin. Po příjezdu na pobřeží objevují spoutanou dívku, dceru majitele Španělského mysu, a jsou zataženi do záhadného případu, který se odehrává v rodině Godfreyů. Místní vyšetřovatel, inspektor Moley, je nadšený z Elleryho přítomnosti, protože případ, který začal únosem, pokračuje vraždou jednoho z hostů, Johna Marka. Ellery čelí složitým otázkám ohledně hostů na Španělském mysu, jejich vztahů a záhadného vyděrače, zatímco se snaží zabránit dalším úmrtím. Zda se mu podaří případ objasnit a užít si zaslouženou dovolenou, se na konci příběhu uspokojivě vyjasní. Tento román vychází v českém překladu poprvé.

Případ vyšetřuje inspektor Richard Queen z oddělení vražd s pomocí svého syna Elleryho, známého spisovatele. Hlavním vodítkem je zmizení cylindru oběti. Je podezření, že klobouk může obsahovat důležité dokumenty, se kterými oběť vraha vydírala. Jen díky Elleryho skvělé a rozsáhlé dedukci na základě chybějícího klobouku se mu podaří vraha dopadnout.

Frenchův obchodní dům je známý exkluzivitou nabízeného vzácného zboží pro svou elitní klientelu. Jednoho dne je však ve výloze nalezen zvláštní kousek – zkrvavená mrtvola paní Frenchové… Ellery Queen a jeho otec, inspektor Richard Queen, brzy zjistí, že tento obchodní palác bylo zmijí hnízdo plné strachu, žárlivosti, podezírání a nenávisti, kde láska byla levná a čest bezcenná.

Looking for trouble, Ellery Queen descends on a small town At the tail end of the long summer of 1940, there is nowhere in the country more charming than Wrightsville. The Depression has abated, and for the first time in years the city is booming. There is hope in Wrightsville, but Ellery Queen has come looking for death. The mystery author is hoping for fodder for a novel, and he senses the corruption that lurks beneath the apple pie façade. He rents a house owned by the town’s first family, whose three daughters star in most of the local gossip. One is fragile, left at the altar three years ago and never recovered. Another is engaged to the city’s rising political star, an upright man who’s already boring her. And then there’s Lola, the divorced, bohemian black sheep. Together, they make a volatile combination. Once he sees the ugliness in Wrightsville, Queen sits back—waiting for the crime to come to him.