An American Mystery Classic: The Chinese Orange Mystery (Paperback)

from JeffreyMarks

Good example of the early Queens. Highly enjoyable.

from bcquinnsmom

Originally penned in 1934, The Chinese Orange Mystery is set in New York, at the high-priced ($10/day!) Chancellor Hotel. There Donald Kirk and his family have pretty much the entire floor, between suites for business (publishing, stamps and jewelry) and living space. The corridor of this floor i...

from BooksForDinner

Believe it or not, the first Ellery Queen mystery I've ever read. A good one too. Queen is a little kind of over the top smarmy and pain in the butt like, though I understand as the series goes on the act kids of wears off.

from Jiraiya

In Ellery Queen mysteries, God is in the details. I'm always flabbergasted by the stunt whereby the author tells us that, given we were astute enough, we should solve the mystery logically. That trick never gets tired of. This particular story was lacking in form and quality and decisiveness. The...

from antiquary

I read this long ago I my parents' collection . I recall why everything was reversed in the murder room, and that it involved a stamp. That's about it.