The Devil to Pay, Ellery Queen
The Devil to Pay, Ellery Queen
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The Devil to Pay

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2013

Synopsis

When Hollywood bigwig Solly Spaeth is murdered, thousands cheer. He is a most popular corpse, for Solly's stock manipulations have ruined many, including his partner. A cut-and-dried case—or so it appears. Enter master detective Ellery Queen, whose embarrassing questions uncover a maze of conflicting alibis and motives, and ultimately reveal a deadly face lurking beneath the glittering mask of Tinseltown.

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

Winner of the prestigious Audie Award (for History and Audio Drama), veteran actor Robert Fass is equally at home in a wide variety of styles, genres, characters, and dialects. A seven-time Audie nominee with over 100 unabridged audiobooks to his credit, Robert has also earned multiple Earphones Awards, including for his narration of Joe Golem and the Drowning City by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden. Robert has given voice to modern and classic fiction writers alike, including Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, John Steinbeck, Carlos Fuentes, Isaac Asimov, Ellery Queen, Steve Berry, Jeffrey Deaver, and Nele Neuhaus, plus bestselling nonfiction works in history, politics, health, journalism, philosophy, and business.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alessandra

Un giallo classico con un insolito Ellery Queen sotto mentite spoglie e una ambientazione hollywoodiana. Piacevole.......more

Goodreads review by Tommy

Hoewel Ellery Queen een belangrijke, zoniet de belangrijkste, rol speelt in dit verhaal, draait het toch voornamelijk om de dochter van Solly's compagnon en Walter die zich in de loop van het verhaal met haar verlooft. Wat niets afdoet aan het briljante speurwerk van Ellery. Een verhaal van 80 jaar g......more

Goodreads review by Bev

The Devil to Play is the first of the Ellery Queen novels set in Hollywood. Ellery has been brought west under contract to write a screenplay, but has been left cooling his heels while the producer, Jacques Butcher plays golf by day and the playboy by night. When Ellery's old school buddy Walter Spa......more

Goodreads review by blake

Well, y'know. "Q". How many "Q" books do I have? One, exactly, by "Ellery Queen" the nom de plume of I don't know how many people. I remember Jim Hutton being him on television. And I've read some short stories under the Queen imprimatur. But this is the first novel. It's a corker, too! A real Jim d......more

Goodreads review by Kate

I listened to this before I learnt that Ellery Queen was a pseudonym for cousins Lee and Dannay, which made it all the more interesting, because it felt like two different books to me. The first part introduces all the characters. They are sparky, complex and colourful. The prose is stylish, at times......more

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