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A Fine and Private Place

By: Ellery Queen
Narrated by: Mark Peckham
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The final novel by the legendary Ellery Queen, A Fine and Private Place ranks with Queen's incomparable best.

The nine-word clue was one of nine cryptic notes that had been sent to taunt Inspector Queen and his son Ellery nine days after the murder. Nino Importuna had been obsessed with the number. He had lived by it. Now the killer who brought a trio of gory deaths to Nino's ninth-floor penthouse at Number 99 East wascamouflaging his identity in a jungle of nines - and daring Ellery to find him. The case was destined to be a dazzling contest of wits - to the ninth degree!

©1971 Ellery Queen (P)2014 Blackstone Audio Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Private Detective
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Known as the last Ellery Queen novel it is a shame that they couldn’t have given the character a better story send off. Now set in the late sixties they now longer have the style and morality of the original stories. They really become just pulp crime fiction written to the lowest common denominator, the difference being Ellery Queen has a better vocabulary and classical education than most.

Not the final story Ellery Queen deserved

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