The Dutch shoe mystery /
Queen, Ellery,
The Dutch shoe mystery / Ellery Queen ; introduction by Otto Penzler. - ix, 300, 13 pages : map ; 21 cm. - American mystery classics . - Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library. .
Includes an excerpt from The Chinese orange mystery.
When Abigail Doorn was wheeled into the operation room at the Dutch Memorial Hospital, her face was strangely blue and bloated. A wire had been tightly wound around her neck. The strongest suspect, because he stood to benefit by the death of this wealthy old woman, was her protege, the famous Dr. Janney. Just before her death he received a strange caller--one whose name he would not divulge. Ellery Queen, having come to the hospital to visit his old friend Dr. Minchen, had been present during the time of the murder. He immediately took over the case. Besides the problem of Dr. Janney and his caller, Ellery found himself confronted with still another--why had Abby Doorn and her housekeeper quarreled continuously for twenty years? The housekeeper admitted she hated the old woman, and with a religious fanaticism declared she was an evil old woman who had received only what she deserved.
1613161271 9781613161272 9781613161265 1613161263
2018963377
GBB904698 bnb
019202091 Uk
Novelists--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Police--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
The Dutch shoe mystery / Ellery Queen ; introduction by Otto Penzler. - ix, 300, 13 pages : map ; 21 cm. - American mystery classics . - Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library. .
Includes an excerpt from The Chinese orange mystery.
When Abigail Doorn was wheeled into the operation room at the Dutch Memorial Hospital, her face was strangely blue and bloated. A wire had been tightly wound around her neck. The strongest suspect, because he stood to benefit by the death of this wealthy old woman, was her protege, the famous Dr. Janney. Just before her death he received a strange caller--one whose name he would not divulge. Ellery Queen, having come to the hospital to visit his old friend Dr. Minchen, had been present during the time of the murder. He immediately took over the case. Besides the problem of Dr. Janney and his caller, Ellery found himself confronted with still another--why had Abby Doorn and her housekeeper quarreled continuously for twenty years? The housekeeper admitted she hated the old woman, and with a religious fanaticism declared she was an evil old woman who had received only what she deserved.
1613161271 9781613161272 9781613161265 1613161263
2018963377
GBB904698 bnb
019202091 Uk
Novelists--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Police--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.