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Boston: Little, Brown, 1951
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Having escaped New York with the hopes of finishing his latest mystery novel in peace in Los Angeles, Ellery Queen is shocked when a knock on his door lands him right in the middle of yet another mystery. Leander Hill, a prominent Hollywood jeweler, recently died of a heart attack after receiving a package containing a dead dog, a sight that literally frightened him to death. Hill's daughter is convinced the act was premeditated murder and enlists Queen's help to catch the killer. Now Queen must harness all of his skills to prevail over this unscrupulous mind.
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LibraryThing member sgerbic
Reviewed Sept 1999
One of the best of Queen’s. Usually the ending is so difficult to understand as it may deal with something like proofreaders marks, this ending was difficult but I’m proud to say it was strange and I understood it. Queen’s descriptions of people and places almost equaled
One of the best of Queen’s. Usually the ending is so difficult to understand as it may deal with something like proofreaders marks, this ending was difficult but I’m proud to say it was strange and I understood it. Queen’s descriptions of people and places almost equaled
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those in “The Great Gabsby.” This was well written, many turns and twists and an intelligent ending. I quick night’s read. Show Less
LibraryThing member antiquary
This is a pb copy of a book which I also have as one of a set in a hardback collection of Queen's Hollywood adventures.
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English
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1951
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245 p.; 21 cm