The Fourth Side of the Triangle, Ellery Queen
The Fourth Side of the Triangle, Ellery Queen
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The Fourth Side of the Triangle

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 7 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2014

Synopsis

Frightfully rich and awesomely respectable, the McKells had never been touched by scandal. At least, not until the handsome Dane McKell discovered his father's secret affair. Determined to protect his mother, he forced a meeting with the other woman.But Dane didn't count on falling in love with her himself. Nor did he count on the front page murder that engulfed them all. Sheila, exotic young international leader of haute couture, is found murdered in her Park Avenue penthouse. Two floors down, the distinguished middle-aged millionaire—Ashton McKell—is hauled off to jail. Next to go, Lutetia, his shy patrician wife. And then Dane. Together, a triangle of murder suspects. Ellery Queen, immobilized, can trick the police into becoming his "legmen" if he discovers the fourth side of the triangle before the blackmailer squeals.

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 Steve

This is reputed to be one of the Ellery Queen novels written by a ghost writer from an outline by Frederic Dannay. The ghost writer is thought to be Avram Davidson. This would be a reasonably decent little mystery novel if the ending made sense. I don't think that it does, though. (view spoiler)[The anagram name p (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Ivana

My husband bought me this book when we went to a second hand store…The book is well-written, I do like the use of anagrams as clues, as it’s quite innovative. However, the ending with Dane just does not make sense. If the ending were of Ramon being convicted as I thought it would remain, the book wo......more

Goodreads review by George

Oh wow, this makes as much cents (sense) as a three dollar bill. Why this rich and well to do family accused of murder do what they do in this book goes beyond reasonableness. Before and after the murder. The father’s actions are absurd, the mother’s is borderline nuts, the son’s actions are inconsis......more

Goodreads review by Bev

Not my favorite Ellery Queen.......more

Quotes

“Quintessentially Queen.” Kirkus Reviews

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