The Killer Touch

Name: The Killer Touch
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Ellery Queen
ISBN: 9781482100303

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 5 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 03/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

All police sergeant Burt March wanted was a chance to recover from a recent brush with the Grim Reaper. Sun, fun, and a willing broad—that was all he needed. But the broad had along a sugar daddy with his own private squad of goons with guns. And when the fun began, Burt found himself the gunmen’s number one target.

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 Robert on July 12, 2008

As a fan of the Ellery Queen TV series (from long ago), I was expecting a who done it type book. This turned out to be more of a cat and mouse type story. The writing was a bit dated and the hero was a little over the top with every thing he did in the story. For fluff/trash it was a fun fast and ea......more

Goodreads review by Juan on October 20, 2018

Not a mystery book. A fair gangster adventure novel. You can skip reading it.......more

Goodreads review by Regan on July 08, 2021

Pure dumb pulp fun. My first time reading a Charles Runyon, but no way it's my last.......more

Goodreads review by Dulce on October 22, 2024

It’s just a (non interesting) gangster story.......more

Goodreads review by Paula on July 20, 2023

Férias com a Morte......more

Quotes

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