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The Greek Coffin Mystery

The Ellery Queen Mysteries

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The Greek Coffin Mystery

By: Ellery Queen
Narrated by: Mark Peckham
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In one of his earliest cases, Ellery Queen confronts a murder in blue blood. From the very beginning, the Khalkis case struck a somber note. It began, as was peculiarly harmonious in the light of what was to come, with the death of an old man. Georg Khalkis, internationally famous art dealer and collector, died of heart failure. After his funeral, his attorney found that the will was missing and immediately called in the district attorney.

When Inspector Queen and his son, Ellery, are brought in to solve the mystery, Ellery mentions the one place they have not searched for the will: the coffin. Upon exhumation of the Khalkis coffin, they find that it contains not one body - but two!

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Ellery Queen is a stylish, classic, well written masterclass in the genre of detective novels. Compared with modern examples, one not only reads the plots when they were,historically,freshly written, but one will greatly increase one’s vocabulary in the process. Writing today seems to be lowered to the lowest common denominator rather than seeking to help raise the reader and instruct. This story is a great example of the art of detecting and few will honestly nut out the criminal; sure some might guess but I would ask to hear their logic and see the working before accepting that they deduced the culprit rather than guessed.

A true master class in detection

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