The Devil's Cook (Ellery Queen Mysteries)

Ellery Queen

ISBN 10: 1483048527 ISBN 13: 9781483048529

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2015

Synopsis

[Read by Mark Peckham]

An exciting mystery by the masterly Ellery Queen.

Police captain Bartholdi sometimes indulged himself in a harmless fantasy. His thoughts, he would imagine, were irresponsible imps that wriggled out of his head and scampered around with an abandon that was often embarrassing. A woman had been kidnapped. The woman was dead. Bartholdi was convinced that a murderer was at that moment having a grim laugh at his expense. He knew who the murderer was. He would have bet his pension and his sacred soul that he knew. But he could not, knowing, prove what he knew. He needed confirmation of one critical point. From among his antic imps, he culled the three that had directed his mind to its present state: one newspaper too many, a girl who slept too soundly, and, most important of all, a ragout with too many onions.

About this title

About the Author

Ellery Queen is the pseudonymous author of dozens of mystery novels. These books, the first of which were written exclusively by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, have gone on to become classics of American crime fiction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483048527
• ISBN 13: 9781483048529
• Binding: MP3 CD
• Number of pages: 1