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The Origin of Evil
The Ellery Queen Mysteries (Book 1951)
- Author
- Ellery Queen
- Narrator
- Fred Sullivan
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 March 2014
- Run Time
- 7 hours 43 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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“The absolute acme of intricate ingenuity.”
New York Times
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“Ellery Queen, in fine form…The surmise-surprise package as before.”
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“The Origin of Evil has an abundance of mystery plot…It is a pleasure to read a book focused so strongly on mystery and detection.”
MysteryFile.com
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Details
- Author
- Ellery Queen
- Narrator
- Fred Sullivan
- Duration
- 7 hours 43 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 March 2014
- ISBN
- 9781620649916
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Adventure fiction
Synopsis
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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