The Tragedy of Y, Ellery Queen
The Tragedy of Y, Ellery Queen
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The Tragedy of Y
The Second Drury Lane Mystery

Author: Ellery Queen

Narrator: Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2014

Synopsis

Some bizarre things have been happening to the eccentric Hatter family. First, the body of York Hatter is recovered from the ocean. But he didn't drown. He died of poison. Next, another poisoning occurs in the Hatters' old mansion in New York's Greenwich Village. This time the police have a witness. But what a witness! She is a blind, deaf mute. Naturally the authorities call in Drury Lane—retired Shakespearean actor, matinee idol, master of disguise, and amateur sleuth.

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 shanghao

The second of the Drury Lane series and arguably the more well-known title by the Ellery Queen duo (aka Barnaby Ross), this one was more enjoyable than its predecessor, albeit equally long-winded, which I’ve come to accept as the authors’ style. Just like The Tragedy of X, the culprit came out of......more

Goodreads review by Linh

Truyện này phải đổi tên thành "ngài Drury Lane và tập đoàn fanboy" mới đúng. Trinh thám có đến ba người chết nhưng khi đọc lại có cảm giác thoải mái, rất dễ chịu, không biết có phải vì truyện thuộc thể loại cozy mystery không. Ngài Drury Lane, nhân vật chính của chúng ta, là một diễn viên kịch có tiế......more

Goodreads review by shanghao

Well-formulated and neatly explained mystery, with too many side frills and nothing particularly exciting. Not that it’s boring, I suppose it’s quite elaborate for its time but overall there’s a straight template feel about the story and its characters. Drury Lane’s ‘handicap’ was there merely as a pa......more

Goodreads review by Anastasia

The Tragedy of X by Ellery Queen is the first book in the Drury Lane Mystery series. A man is poisoned on a crowded streetcar and police detective Thrumm and District Attorney Bruno request the help of retired deaf actor and sleuth Drury Lane. A complex mystery which was a bit drawn out in my opinio......more

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