The Last Woman in His Life, Ellery Queen
The Last Woman in His Life, Ellery Queen
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The Last Woman in His Life

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 6 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2014

Synopsis

John Lovering Benedict had more than most men—more money, more mansions, more cars, but most of all more women, including three ex-wives with little in common but their extraordinary physiques. For Ellery Queen the question was which one of them had bashed in Benedict's skull with a hunk of iron statuary? The clues were many … but puzzling. All had been planted at the scene of the crime, but by whom, and for what purpose? And who was the last woman in John Benedict's life?

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 Nathanael

So I got halfway through this book and thought I was imagining things; the whole novel seemed very very gay—jokes about Ellery’s sexuality…a victim with a string of arranged marriages (purportedly as a workaround for an inheritance, but looking very much like a series of beards)…a man referred to as......more

Goodreads review by Simone

I don’t find it as bad as someone as said before. But it doesn’t mean i think it’s good… no, i just think it’s on of the best. This book is definitely not the best book from Ellery Queen and it took me a while to finished - 3 months, never happened before for an Ellery Queen book! At start, the book......more

Goodreads review by Tommy

Een typische Queen met vader en zoon die samen een gezellige visvakantie zullen doorbrengen. Als Ellery hoort waar gaan bij hem de alarmbellen al direct af: Wrightsville, het stadje waar hij van houdt maar waar hij nooit kan komen zonder dat er een moord gebeurt. Huiseigenaar en vriend Johnny komt op......more

Goodreads review by Shawn

Classic Who-done-it The murder of Queen’s old college chum, a multimillionaire with three disgruntled ex-wives as suspects is solved it typical Ellery Queen style. A great mystery that keeps you guessing til the end.......more

Quotes

“Ellery Queen is the American detective story.” Anthony Boucher, author of Nine times Nine

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