Ellery Queen Mysteries (Audio): The Dutch Shoe Mystery Lib/E (Series #1931) (CD-Audio)

from Jiraiya

Well well well! Third book in the Ellery Queen mystery series read. This one gets 3 stars, while the second one, 'The French Powder Mystery' received 4 stars. There a gulf between the two, in terms of deduction-the quality and brilliancy of it all. At first I felt betrayed. Firstly because no ref...

from jnmegan

Penzler Press is releasing The Dutch Shoe Mystery as part of its series of Ellery Queen mysteries, arguably the American paragon of Golden Age Mystery writing. Written by two cousins in the mid/post- World War Era, these puzzlers were extremely popular with readers in their day, and the Ellery Qu...

from NinieB

This early Ellery Queen takes place in a New York City hospital. The pace is brisk and about the right length. All the reasoning is actually rather straightforward. I would rate it higher but for one logical failure: How did the nurse put the men's pants on over her skirt?

from tgraettinger

Nice little mystery ... easy to read, with a solid wrap-up at the end.

from Bettesbooks

Ellery Queen is similar to the English detective. Horne Fisher, of Chesterton's The Face in the Target. A similar intellectual yet languid young man, proud of his knowledge and ability to apply that knowledge to the current situation or crime; the difference instead of being attached to the Briti...