Fourth Side of the Triangle

Frightfully rich and awesomely respectable, the McKells had never been touched by scandal. At least, not until Dane McKell discovered his father's secret affair. Determined to protect his mother, he forced a meeting with the other woman. But Dane didn't count on falling in love with her himself. Nor did he count on the front page murder that engulfed them all. Sheila, exotic young international leader of haute couture,is found murdered in her Park Avenue penthouse. Two floors down, the distinguished middle-aged millionaire--Ashton McKell--is hauled off to jail. Next to go, Lutecia, his shy patrician wife. And then--Dane, their handsome, sensitive son. Together, a triangle of murder suspects. Ellery Queen, immobilized, can trick the police into becoming his "legmen" if he discovers The Fourth Side of the Triangle before the blackmailer squeals. Dane McKell, millionaire socialite, was planning an exhilarating summer when he discovered to his horror that his father was having an affair with another woman. The McKells were not only very, very rich, they were also very, very respectable, and Danes mother was a gentle and lovely lady. Dane forced a meeting with the woman in the case with the full intent of breaking up his fathers relationship. Then, helplessly, he himself fell in love with her. After that murder. This is the basic situation, a brilliantly plotted detective story that only the old master, Queen, could devise, and that only Ellery, working with his father, Inspector Queen, could solve. As always with classic Queens, the reader will have it solved three times before he discovers that he has been outwitted as usual.