The Spanish Cape Mystery (American Mystery Classics) by Ellery Queen
The Spanish Cape Mystery (American Mystery Classics) by Ellery Queen
When amateur sleuth Ellery Queen drives from New York City to the coastal retreat of Spanish Cape, he expects a relaxing summer getaway, but quickly realizes his trip will be no walk on the beach. The night before his arrival, a young woman and her uncle were abducted by a gun-toting giant with one eye; then, soon after Queen shows up, the young woman's shady sweetheart is found dead, stark naked beneath a black fedora and opera cloak.
There are plenty of people present who might have wanted the caddish man dead, but only Ellery Queen has the deductive skills to find the true killer -- and to learn what in the world happened to the victim's clothes. Only Ellery Queen, that is, and his most scrupulous readers, presented over the course of this puzzling tale with all the clues necessary to work out the solution on their own.
Reissued for the first time in decades, The Spanish Cape Mystery combines a logical fair play puzzle, an atmospheric 1930s setting, and a brilliant, now iconic detective to produce an irresistibly enjoyable read for fans of Gold Age mystery fiction.
Ellery Queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905 - 1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905 - 1972), as well as the name of their most famous detective. The duo spent forty-two years writing the greatest puzzle mysteries of their time.
AMERICAN MYSTERY CLASSICS, SOFTCOVER, 2022
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