The American Gun Mystery

Author : Otto Penzler
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1613162529
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Gun Mystery written by Otto Penzler and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN 13 : 9049982778
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Gun Mystery written by Ellery Queen and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Western star is gunned down at a rodeo, Ellery Queen saddles up Buck Horne has roped thousands of cattle, slugged his way out of dozens of saloons, and shot plenty of men dead in the street—but always on the backlot. He is a celluloid cowboy, and his career is nearly kaput. The real box office draw is his daughter, Kit, a brawling beauty who can outshoot any rascal the studio has to offer. Desperate for a comeback, Buck joins Wild Bill Grant’s traveling rodeo for a show in New York, hoping to impress Hollywood and land one last movie contract. But he has scarcely mounted his horse when he falls to the dirt. It wasn’t age that made him slip—it was the bullet in his heart. Watching from the stands are Ellery Queen, debonair sleuth, and his police detective father. They are New Yorkers through and through, but to solve the rodeo killing, the Queens must learn to talk cowboy.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Gun Mystery, Or, Death at the Rodeo written by Ellery Queen and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Gun Mystery written by Ellery Queen and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 9780345310637
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Gun Mystery written by Ellery Queen and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. Queen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The American Gun Mystery written by E. Queen and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN 13 : 9049982824
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Siamese Twin Mystery written by Ellery Queen and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped on a burning mountain, the Queens take refuge with a killer Dashing detective Ellery Queen and his father are driving over the pothole-scarred Arrow Mountain road when they come face to face with a wall of flame. They tear back in the other direction, fire at their fenders, and finally find safety in a clearing, at the home of Dr. Xavier, a renowned surgeon. He is a genial man, but his distracted, mysterious smile conceals dark secrets. Passing through one of the drafty hallways, Ellery’s father is startled by a pair of eyes burning in the darkness—the eyes of a monster. Could they be trapped on some kind of mountain of Dr. Moreau? Dr. Xavier introduces them to the rest of his household, including his wife, brother, and medical assistant. Everyone’s welcoming, but they also seem anxious and cagey. When the good doctor is found shot to death in his study, Queen realizes that he and his father have more to fear than a pair of sinister eyes. The Queens may have escaped the forest fire, but they have leapt into a situation that is every bit as hot.

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN 13 : 9049982840
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Egyptian Cross Mystery written by Ellery Queen and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Queens are intrigued when a grisly murder mars a small town’s Christmas It’s Christmas in Chicago, and Inspector Richard Queen is enjoying a busman’s holiday at a conference on gangland violence—but his son, amateur sleuth Ellery, is bored silly. Until, that is, Ellery reads of an unusual killing in rural Arroyo, West Virginia: A schoolmaster has been found beheaded and crucified. Ellery hustles his father into his roadster and heads east, since there is nothing he’d like better for Christmas than a juicy, gruesome puzzle. When the Queens arrive in Arroyo, they learn that the victim was an eccentric atheist, but not the sort to make enemies. What initially looks to be the work of a sadistic cult turns out to be something far more sinister. In the months ahead, more victims will turn up all over the world—all killed in the same horrifying manner. It will take several bodies before Queen divines the clue that unlocks the mystery of the Christmas crucifixion.

Author : Pamela Haag
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465048951
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gunning of America written by Pamela Haag and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An acclaimed historian explodes the myth about the 'special relationship' between Americans and their guns, revealing that savvy 19th century businessmen--not gun lovers--created American gun culture"--

Author : Ellery Queen
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN 13 : 9049982751
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dutch Shoe Mystery written by Ellery Queen and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen visits an operating theater to witness a surgery, but finds a murder instead The son of a police detective, Ellery Queen grew up in a bloody atmosphere. Since he started lending his deductive powers to the New York City homicide squad, he has seen more than his fair share of mangled corpses. Though he is accustomed to gore, the thought of seeing a living person sliced open makes him ill. So when a doctor invites him to sit in on an operation, Queen braces his stomach. As it happens, his stomach is spared, but his brain must go to work. The patient is Abigail Doorn, a millionairess in a diabetic coma. To prepare her for surgery, the hospital staff has stabilized her blood sugar level and wheeled her to the operating theater—but just before the first incision, the doctors realize she is dead, strangled while lying unconscious on her gurney. Queen came to the hospital to watch surgeons work, but now it’s his time to operate.