The King Is Dead
(Part of the Ellery Queen Detective (#23) Series and Wrightsville Chronicles Series)
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Book Overview
Armed men invade the Queen apartment, led by Abel Bendigo, brother of one of the world's most powerful men. King Bendigo of Bodigen Arms is an industrial monster whose tentacles embrace the planet. Someone is threatening to kill King, and Ellery must undertake to save his hated life. Virtual prisoners, Ellery and his father are whisked away to an island "somewhere in the Atlantic". In a frightening atmosphere of industrial slavery and brute militarism, Ellery comes to grips with a baffling murderer who calmly announces the exact moment of the assassination.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0451052900
ISBN13:9780451052902
Release Date:December 1972
Publisher:Signet Book
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Classic Locked Room Mystery
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
King Bendigo was the head of a powerful family-run company, with his own island kingdom. Ellery and his father are hired to keep him from being killed after a series of anonymous notes announces his impending murder. The good: The mystery. It's a logic puzzle of a mystery, the kind Ellery Queen is rightly famous for. The take-over-the-world conspiracy is a fun bonus. The bad: The murder, the solution, and the conspiracy are all over-the-top, but that's part of the series charm. The verdict: Don't expect in-depth characterization, and don't be surprised that it's dated (it's copyright 1952, after all). Just relax and enjoy a little mental puzzle.
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