Face to Face, Ellery Queen
Face to Face, Ellery Queen
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Face to Face

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2014

Synopsis

Gloria Guild is the singing "glory" of the thirties and the millionairess wife of Count Carlos Armando, renowned only for his succession of wealthy wives. When she is murdered, her husband is the obvious suspect, but he has a perfect alibi. So who could he have got to do it for him? The only clue is the word "face," penned in her dying scrawl. But whose face? And why? Ellery Queen pursues the glory riddle from the Bowery to a way-out wedding—and a surprise climax that will jolt you into cold shock. Anyone who nails this killer before Queen is either a genius or a cheat.

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 Robert Fass

Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award for the year’s best narration. He has earned many Earphones Awards and AudioFile magazine “Best of the Year” accolades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

I vaguely recall reading some short Ellery Queen stories many years ago & seeing a few episodes of a TV series that was kind of fun, so when I saw my library had these as audio books, I thought I'd give them a try. I listened to a bit of the narration & really liked it, but I was ultimately terribly......more

Goodreads review by J.

In my younger days, meaning ancient times, I enjoyed a number of the Ellery Queen mysteries. I picked up this last (I believe) written by the duo, after a long hiatus when the books were written by others, and was sorely disappointed. It's terribly contrived (although I understand first hand how dif......more

Goodreads review by William

Woof...they were definitely out of ideas at this point. Exceedingly predictable and simplistic. A companion piece to Elephants Can Remember as far as I'm concerned.......more

Goodreads review by Les

Another good Ellery Queen mystery......more

Quotes

“Ellery Queen clearly is, after Poe, the most important American in mystery fiction.” Otto Penzler, editor of Best American Mystery Stories

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