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The Finishing Stroke
The Ellery Queen Mysteries (Book 26)
- Author
- Ellery Queen
- Narrator
- Mark Peckham
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2014
- Run Time
- 9 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
It's Christmastime, and young Ellery Queen has been invited to spend the holidays at a house party. During the eleven nights before Christmas, a series of anonymous gifts begin to arrive, each with increasing menace. Ellery tries to discover their source and meaning but to no avail. Finally, on the twelfth night, things turn deadly. Unable to solve the murder, Ellery returns to it decades later when he happens upon his diary. Will he finally be able to deduce the identity of the killer?
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“Intricate and fancy clues [are] keyed to the twelve days of Christmas…Tricks—and a treat—for the Queen’s quorum.”
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Details
- Author
- Ellery Queen
- Narrator
- Mark Peckham
- Duration
- 9 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2014
- ISBN
- 9781620649961
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Synopsis
It's Christmastime, and young Ellery Queen has been invited to spend the holidays at a house party. During the eleven nights before Christmas, a series of anonymous gifts begin to arrive, each with increasing menace. Ellery tries to discover their source and meaning but to no avail. Finally, on the twelfth night, things turn deadly. Unable to solve the murder, Ellery returns to it decades later when he happens upon his diary. Will he finally be able to deduce the identity of the killer?
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