A Fine and Private Place, Ellery Queen
A Fine and Private Place, Ellery Queen
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A Fine and Private Place

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2014

Synopsis

The final novel by the legendary Ellery Queen, A Fine and Private Place ranks with Queen's incomparable best.The nine-word clue was one of nine cryptic notes that had been sent to taunt Inspector Queen and his son Ellery nine days after the murder. Nino Importuna had been obsessed with the number. He had lived by it. Now the killer who brought a trio of gory deaths to Nino's ninth-floor penthouse at Number 99 East was camouflaging his identity in a jungle of nines—and daring Ellery to find him. The case was destined to be a dazzling contest of wits—to the ninth degree!

About Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen is a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn—Daniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (1905–1982), and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (1905–1971)—to write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered forty-two years, Ellery Queen served as both the authors’ name and that of the detective-hero. The cousins also cofounded and directed Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential English crime-fiction magazines of the twentieth century. They were given the Grand Master Award for achievements in the field of the mystery story by the Mystery Writers of America in 1961.

About Mark Peckham

Mark Peckham is an actor and director based in Rhode Island. In addition to working with Trinity Rep, Virginia Stage Co., and many Boston-area theaters, he was the voice of Joseph Smith in the award-winning PBS documentary American Prophet with Gregory Peck.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John on June 29, 2017

I hadn't realized this as I was reading it (in reality, rereading it after a period of decades) but this was not only the last "proper" Ellery Queen novel -- i.e., with its authors being Dannay and Lee -- but also the last novel to feature the fictional detective Ellery Queen. To be honest, it'd be......more

Goodreads review by Leandra on June 29, 2022

Um policial sem peripécias muito intricadas e com poucas personagens. A pouco mais do meio do livro já tinha a minha suspeita do assassino a qual se veio a verificar. Gostei de todas as referências ao número nove resultando do título do livro. É um livro que entretém sem desgastar o cérebro 😁......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on March 10, 2017

This was an odd one. Really, really good in some aspects. Not so in others. It almost seemed like a throwback to the early Queen books, in that the PUZZLE is the main attraction to the story. And what a puzzle. A murder where 9s show up everywhere! Even the murder weapon resembled a nine. The troubl......more

Goodreads review by Tommy on October 14, 2023

Er bestaan meerdere covers met hetzelfde isbn-nummer. Ik verkies deze. Het is symbolisch als in getalmagie en ook symbolisch voor de inhoud van het boek Wiskunde: 3x3 is ongeveer gelijk aan 10, dat is de essentie van het boek. De grote witte 9, gebarten en bloederig en met een geraamte er doorheen.........more

Goodreads review by Gene on October 25, 2018

Pretty good, but not certain what the place is that’s fine & private.......more

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