Death Spins the Platter, Ellery Queen
Death Spins the Platter, Ellery Queen
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Death Spins the Platter

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 5 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2014

Synopsis

Disc jockey Tutter King has it made. Every time he spins a platter on King's Session, gold comes out: TV earnings, returns on his secret holdings in recording companies—the old payola that some bright young men think only their rightful due.Tutter is a gay young man-around-town who has the world dancing to his tune. He is also involved in some hanky-panky with his pretty blond assistant, Lola Arkwright. And then the roof starts to cave in: Senate investigating committees; the angry emergence of the wife who Lola never knew existed; the canceling of his network contract. Poor Tutter, it looks like he is going to lose everything—even his life!

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 George K. on February 11, 2022

"Φόνος στις 45 στροφές", εκδόσεις ΒΙΠΕΡ. Τον τελευταίο χρόνο δεν έχω διαβάσει σχεδόν καθόλου αμερικάνικα παλπ αστυνομικά/νουάρ μυθιστορήματα, που είναι φυσικά από τα αγαπημένα μου είδη, οπότε αποφάσισα φέτος να επανορθώσω, και κάνω την αρχή με Έλερι Κουίν. Απ' όσο ξέρω, όσον αφορά το συγκεκριμένο βιβ......more

Goodreads review by Tom on February 25, 2018

This book was well written but I get the impression that back in 1962 the plot had more of a ripped-from-the-headlines feel to it. That however has not helped it age well. I just couldn't seem to muster the appropriate amount of moral outrage over a Payola scandal.......more

Goodreads review by Tommy on April 04, 2019

Een journalist is aanwezig op de scène van een moord en blijkt na enige tijd de hoofdrol in het verhaal te gaan spelen. De journalist blijkt wel héél veel vrijheid van zijn krant te krijgen, zodat hij de politie op de voet kan volgen (en met hem de lezer natuurlijk) bij het proberen te vinden van de......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on April 26, 2019

This was my first Ellery Queen book. I chose this title in particular because I'm a DJ. Well, maybe that wasn't the best criteria to pick a book. It was okay, but nothing I'd ever want to read again. It was just sort of there. Looking forward to starting up an Agatha Christie book to take the taste......more

Goodreads review by Juan on August 27, 2018

Esta novela no fue escrita por Elery Queen sino por un autor que usó el nombre del binomio para publicarla (ghost writer). No obstante ello el misterio es razonablemente bueno y puede leerse como un pasatiempo sin esperar la intriga y deducción que caracterizan a las novelas de Queen escritas por su......more

Quotes

“Ellery Queen is the American detective story.” Anthony Boucher, author of Nine times Nine

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