The House of Brass, Ellery Queen
The House of Brass, Ellery Queen
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The House of Brass

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 7 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2014

Synopsis

You are invited to a murder.That was how the invitations should have read when aged millionaire Hendrik Brass sent out his messages to six oddly assorted men and women who knew neither him nor each other. All arrived at the isolated Brass mansion, lured by the tantalizing promise of fabulous wealth. But from the moment the shining brass doors of the grotesquely constructed house swung shut behind them, they began to realize they had been enticed into playing parts in a monstrous joke—the joke of a twisted, brilliant mind … a joke whose punch line was murder.Ellery Queen's latest adventure is a satirical murder-comedy that combines hilarity with the deadly macabre and, of course, the full Queen-quota of fair-and-square deduction and endless surprise.

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 Emi.acg on January 31, 2021

Reto 2021 : Un libro de segunda mano/regalado Este libro lo leí solo por el reto xd así que fue una buena oportunidad para leer un libro de mi pequeña estantería 💞 casi todos mis libros son viejitos y regalados jajaj 🤭 Pues bueno, entre todos lo escogí porque se suponía era policial y aunque si había......more

Goodreads review by Martina on October 22, 2022

Príbeh pekne zapletený, ale mohol byť trošku kratší, rozuzlenie sa príliš naťahovalo.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on March 29, 2023

I always find myself not paying close enough attention in the beginning of the Ellery Queen novels and then racking my brain for the right “whodunit” in the end. Brass is no different and had me barking up all the wrong trees.......more

Goodreads review by Rick on February 25, 2019

I never held out much hope for the later Queen novels, with their assisted writing; but this one fills out just fine. This is the sequel to Inspector Queen's Own Case, and begins like a classic captive-audience mystery, with an odd assortment of people with no apparent connection summoned to a creep......more

Quotes

“Incredibly intricate; in other words, Queentessential.” Kirkus Reviews

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