The Siamese Twin Mystery by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen takes refuge from a wildfire at a remote mountain house -- and arrives just before the owner is murdered...When Ellery Queen and his father encounter a raging forest fire during a mountain drive, the only direction to go is up -- up a winding dirt road that leads to an isolated hillside manor, inhabited by a secretive surgeon and his diverse cast of guests. Trapped by the fire, the Queens settle into the uneasy atmosphere of their surroundings. Things become even more tense the following morning when the doctor is discovered dead, apparently shot down while playing solitaire the night before.
The only clue is a torn six of spades. The suspects include a society beauty, a suspicious valet, and a pair of conjoined twins. When another murder follows, the killer inside the house becomes as threatening as the mortal flames outside its walls. Faced with a complex set of alibis, motives, and evidence, Ellery Queen must rely on his powers of deduction and logic to uncover the murderer's identity -- but can he solve this whodunnit before the fire devours its subjects?
Featuring bizarre circumstances, eerie atmosphere, and a dazzling solution, The Siamese Twin Mystery is a fair play mystery in which the reader has all the necessary information needed to solve the puzzle. The seventh Ellery Queen novel (which can be read in any order), it finds the legendary sleuth facing one of the most memorable cases of his career.
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Ride the Pink Horse
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The Chinese Orange Mystery
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The Dutch Shoe Mystery
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Home Sweet Homicide
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The Problem of the Wire Cage
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The Plague Court Murders
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The Red Widow Murders
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The Red Lamp
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Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries
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Rim of the Pit
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The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
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Waltz into Darkness
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The Haunted Lady
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Miss Pinkerton
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Golden Age Detective Stories
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Death from a Top Hat
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The Red Right Hand
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The Spanish Cape Mystery
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The Eight of Swords
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The Chocolate Cobweb
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The Birthday Murder
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The Bride Wore Black
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The American Gun Mystery
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The Adventures of Ellery Queen
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The Great Hotel Murder
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The Cape Cod Mystery
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Obelists at Sea
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The Great Mistake
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The Cat Saw Murder
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The Case of the Careless Kitten
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The Unsuspected
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The Alarm of the Black Cat
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Cat's Paw
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Eight Faces at Three
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Golden Age Bibliomysteries
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The Fabulous Clipjoint
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The Wall
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Headed for a Hearse
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A Taste for Honey
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Murder by an Aristocrat
ELLERY QUEEN is the pen name of two cousins from Brooklyn, NY, Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971), as well as the name of their famous fictional detective. Dannay and Lee created Ellery Queen in 1928 and spent over four decades writing and editing under the pseudonym, spanning radio, television, comics, board games, and film. Leading the Golden Age of whodunit mysteries, Dannay and Lee also cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. JESSICA HISCHE is a letterer, illustrator, typographer, and web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of directors, has been named a Forbes Magazine 30 under 30 in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of Print Magazine's New Visual Artists. She has designed for Wes Anderson, McSweeney's, Tiffany & Co, Penguin Books and many others. She resides primarily in San Francisco, occasionally in Brooklyn.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781613161555 |
| ISBN 10 | 1613161557 |
| Title | The Siamese Twin Mystery |
| Author | Ellery Queen |
| Series | An American Mystery Classic |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penzler Publishers |
| Year published | 2020-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |