tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post6440993279787629209..comments2024-03-06T08:05:29.800-05:00Comments on Casual Debris: Ellery Queen: Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1941)Casual Debrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-51020708471765159052014-10-10T21:30:21.586-04:002014-10-10T21:30:21.586-04:00Thanks for the suggestions. I actually do have som...Thanks for the suggestions. I actually do have some of the "real" Ellery Queen's and I do believe I have "Cat of Many Tails" in a hardcover omnibus. Somewhere.Casual Debrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-46506163594866424292014-10-10T11:22:36.341-04:002014-10-10T11:22:36.341-04:00I've been a Queen fan -- the actual stories, n...I've been a Queen fan -- the actual stories, not the ghost-written ones -- since I was a young teen. The novels that Sergio mentions, above, are a good place to start, esp. "Cat of Many Tails" (1949), an early serial killer novel about Ellery's hunt for a multiple murderer the papers have dubbed The Cat. "Greek Coffin," "Siamese Twin," and "Egyptian Cross" are all fine puzzle mysteries, but "Cat" is about character (Ellery's and others') as well as mystery.Benzadmiralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-51427176374105091502012-06-15T11:27:37.345-04:002012-06-15T11:27:37.345-04:00Great call about Taylor; he'd be the perfect s...Great call about Taylor; he'd be the perfect suspect since a lot of the work appears to be transcription rather than actual writing. The book was published a year after the movie's release though, rather than simultaneously, so it's possible someone else was later commissioned. But it could have had an intended 1940 release, and the release delayed since the movie was less than a hit and likely disappointed some EQ fans.Casual Debrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-90847849063170558892012-06-15T10:09:07.369-04:002012-06-15T10:09:07.369-04:00I always assumed that Taylor himself may have writ...I always assumed that Taylor himself may have written the novelisation as he started in prose before becoming a screenwriter. I remember picking up another of these, THE PENTHOUSE MYSTERY, as a youngster and not realising that it wasn't exactly kosher Queen (sic). But then I didn't know that Lee was largely absent from the collaboration in the 60s anyway. My personal favourites include THE GREEK COFFIN MYSTERY, THE SIAMESE TWIN MYSTERY, CAT OF MANY TALES and FACE TO FACE, one of last genuine Lee/Dannay collborations (apparently).Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com