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* LightsOffSomebodyDies: Happens during a game of Murder in the Dark in the short story "The Dead Cat" in ''Calendar of Crime''. The fact that the murderer was able to commit the crime in a pitch black room is what clues Ellery in to the solution.
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* LostWillAndTestament: ''The Greek Coffin Mystery'' starts when Ellery and his father Inspector Richard Queen are called in to locate the missing will of a wealthy art collector. Ellery narrows down the possible location of the will to a single location: the dead man's coffin. When it is exhumed, however, it contains no will but [[CrammingTheCoffin the surprising addition of a strangled ex-convict]].
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* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: In a foreword to ''The Roman Hat Mystery'', the Fictional "J. J. [=McC.=]" explains that Ellery and Inspector Richard Queen are pseudonyms picked out by the real man who inspired Ellery, and further that the "real" Ellery is married. Subsequent books drop the roman à clef conceit, and Ellery remains a bachelor throughout the series. The reason for the discrepancy is probably that this novel was written for a whodunit contest, and Dannay and Lee rethought some things when they chose to continue the series.
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* PassFail: The "One-Drop Rule" gets blackmailer Monte Field killed in ''The Roman Hat Mystery''.
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* CrammingTheCoffin: In ''The Greek Coffin Mystery'', the Queens search a dead man's man coffin for a missing will, and find two bodies inside instead of one.
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* MurphysBed: Not the murder method, but in ''The French Powder Mystery'' the body is hidden in a Murphy Bed that was part of a department store window display. When the demonstrator got to "see how easy this is to open?", the corpse popped out.
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problem]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [[AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) amateur this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problem]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [[AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
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->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , the date of the publication of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"]] by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: The Egyptian Cross Mystery, the Dutch Shoe Mystery, The Siamese Twin Mystery''
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->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , 1841, the date of the publication of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"]] by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: The Egyptian Cross Mystery, the Dutch Shoe Mystery, The Siamese Twin Mystery''
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->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , the date of the publication of]] of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" Morgue"]] by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: The Egyptian Cross Mystery, the Dutch Shoe Mystery, The Siamese Twin Mystery''
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problem]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[ [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , the date of the publication of]] "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: The mystery of the Egyptian Cross, the Mystery of the Dutch clog , The Mystery of the Siamese twins.''
->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , the date of the publication of]] "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: The mystery of the Egyptian Cross, the Mystery of the Dutch clog , The Mystery of the Siamese twins.''
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problem]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[ [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [AssPull [[AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , the date of the publication of]] "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: Themystery of the Egyptian Cross, the Mystery of Cross Mystery, the Dutch clog , Shoe Mystery, The Mystery of the Siamese twins.''
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->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , the date of the publication of]] "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: The
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problema]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[ [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problema]], problem]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[ [[{{Telepathy}} telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problema]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[ [[Telepathy telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problema]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[
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->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problema]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[ [[Telepathy telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , the date of the publication of]] "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: The mystery of the Egyptian Cross, the Mystery of the Dutch clog , The Mystery of the Siamese twins.''
-->--'''JorgeLuisBorges.''' Revista Hogar, October 30, 1936
->''I can recommend to the [[MysteryLiterature detective novel’s]] amateur (that must not be confused with the mere [[{{Adventure}} adventure novel]] or those of [[SpyFiction international espionage]], [[ClicheStorm inevitably inhabited by]] [[SexFaceTurn sumptuous female spies that fall in love]] and [[MacGuffin secret documents]]) this last book of Ellery Queen. I can say that meets [[FairPlayWhoDunnit the first requirements of the genre]]: [[TheSummation statement of all the terms of the problema]], [[ClosedCircle economy of characters and resources]], [[LockedRoomMystery primacy of the how about the whom]], necessary and wonderful solution, but not [[OutOfGenreExperience supernatural]]. (In detective stories, [[HypnoFool hypnotism]], [[ [[Telepathy telepathic hallucinations]], [[LovePotion elixirs of evil operation]], [[WitchSpecies witches and warlocks]], [[FunctionalMagic the real magic]] and [[ArtisticLicensePhysics recreational physics]], [AssPull are scams]].) Ellery Queen [[Literature/FatherBrown plays with the supernatural, as Chesterton]], but in a lawful way: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it suggests it to make the mystery bigger in the problem statement]], [[ScoobyDooHoax forgets it or denies it in the solution]].''
->''In the history of the [[MysteryLiterature detective genre]] ([[UrExample dating from April 1841 , the date of the publication of]] "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by EdgarAllanPoe) Ellery Queen novels import [[GrowingTheBeard a deviation, or a little progress]]. I refer to his art. The novelist often propose a [[MundaneSolution vulgar clarification of the mystery]] and [[ComplexityAddiction dazzle his readers with an ingenious solution]]. Ellery Queen proposes, [[FollowTheLeader like all the others]] , a not so interesting explanation, suggests (at last) a very beautiful solution, from which the reader falls in love with, [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle refutes it]] and he [[TakeAThirdOption discovers a third solution]] , which is the correct one: [[MadeOfWin always less strange than the second, but entirely unpredictable and satisfying]]. Other great novels of Ellery Queen: The mystery of the Egyptian Cross, the Mystery of the Dutch clog , The Mystery of the Siamese twins.''
-->--'''JorgeLuisBorges.''' Revista Hogar, October 30, 1936
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* ''The Tragedy Of X'' — 1932
* ''The Tragedy Of Y'' — 1932
* ''The Tragedy Of Z'' — 1933
* ''Drury Lane's Last Case'' — 1933
* ''The Tragedy Of X'' — 1932
* ''The Tragedy Of Y'' — 1932
* ''The Tragedy Of Z'' — 1933
* ''Drury Lane's Last Case'' — 1933
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* ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen'' — 1934
* ''The New Adventures of Ellery Queen'' —1940
* ''The Case Book of Ellery Queen'' — 1945
* ''Calendar Of Crime'' — 1952
* ''QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation'' — 1955
* ''Queens Full'' — 1966
* ''QED: Queen's Experiments In Detection'' — 1968
* ''The Best Of Ellery Queen'' — 1985 (includes "Wedding Anniversary", otherwise uncollected, and a complete list of Ellery Queen short stories)
* ''The Tragedy Of Errors'' — 1999 (a previously unpublished synopsis written by Dannay, which was to be a Queen novel, plus all the previously uncollected short stories)
* ''The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries'' — 2005
* ''The Adventures of Ellery Queen'' — 1934
* ''The New Adventures of Ellery Queen'' —1940
* ''The Case Book of Ellery Queen'' — 1945
* ''Calendar Of Crime'' — 1952
* ''QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation'' — 1955
* ''Queens Full'' — 1966
* ''QED: Queen's Experiments In Detection'' — 1968
* ''The Best Of Ellery Queen'' — 1985 (includes "Wedding Anniversary", otherwise uncollected, and a complete list of Ellery Queen short stories)
* ''The Tragedy Of Errors'' — 1999 (a previously unpublished synopsis written by Dannay, which was to be a Queen novel, plus all the previously uncollected short stories)
* ''The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries'' — 2005
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!!Novels
* ''The Roman Hat Mystery'' — 1929
* ''The French Powder Mystery'' — 1930
* ''The Dutch Shoe Mystery'' — 1931
* ''The Greek Coffin Mystery'' — 1932
* ''The Egyptian Cross Mystery'' — 1932
* ''The American Gun Mystery'' — 1933
* ''The Siamese Twin Mystery'' — 1933
* ''The Chinese Orange Mystery'' — 1934
* ''The Spanish Cape Mystery'' — 1935
* ''The Lamp of God'' — 1935
* ''Halfway House'' — 1936
* ''The Door Between'' — 1937
* ''The Devil to Pay'' — 1938
* ''The Four of Hearts'' — 1938
* ''The Dragon's Teeth'' AKA ''The Virgin Heiresses'' — 1939
* ''Calamity Town'' — 1942
* ''There Was an Old Woman'' AKA ''The Quick and the Dead'' — 1943
* ''The Murderer is a Fox'' — 1945
* ''Ten Days' Wonder'' — 1948
* ''Cat of Many Tails'' — 1949
* ''Double, Double'' — 1950
* ''The Origin of Evil'' — 1951
* ''The King is Dead'' — 1952
* ''The Scarlet Letters'' — 1953
* ''The Glass Village'' —1954 (neither Ellery Queen nor Inspector Queen in book)
* ''Inspector Queen's Own Case'' — 1956 (Inspector Queen only)
* ''The Finishing Stroke'' — 1958
* ''The Player on The Other Side'' — 1963
* ''…and on the Eighth Day…''— 1964
* ''The Fourth Side of The Triangle'' — 1965
* ''A Study in Terror'' AKA ''Ellery Queen vs Jack The Ripper'' — 1966
* ''Face to Face'' — 1967
* ''The House of Brass'' — 1968 (A sequel to ''Inspector Queen's Own Case'' with a minimal appearance by Ellery.)
* ''Cop Out'' — 1969 (neither Ellery Queen nor Inspector Queen appear)
* ''The Last Woman in His Life'' — 1970
* ''A Fine and Private Place'' — 1971
!!Novels
* ''The Roman Hat Mystery'' — 1929
* ''The French Powder Mystery'' — 1930
* ''The Dutch Shoe Mystery'' — 1931
* ''The Greek Coffin Mystery'' — 1932
* ''The Egyptian Cross Mystery'' — 1932
* ''The American Gun Mystery'' — 1933
* ''The Siamese Twin Mystery'' — 1933
* ''The Chinese Orange Mystery'' — 1934
* ''The Spanish Cape Mystery'' — 1935
* ''The Lamp of God'' — 1935
* ''Halfway House'' — 1936
* ''The Door Between'' — 1937
* ''The Devil to Pay'' — 1938
* ''The Four of Hearts'' — 1938
* ''The Dragon's Teeth'' AKA ''The Virgin Heiresses'' — 1939
* ''Calamity Town'' — 1942
* ''There Was an Old Woman'' AKA ''The Quick and the Dead'' — 1943
* ''The Murderer is a Fox'' — 1945
* ''Ten Days' Wonder'' — 1948
* ''Cat of Many Tails'' — 1949
* ''Double, Double'' — 1950
* ''The Origin of Evil'' — 1951
* ''The King is Dead'' — 1952
* ''The Scarlet Letters'' — 1953
* ''The Glass Village'' —1954 (neither Ellery Queen nor Inspector Queen in book)
* ''Inspector Queen's Own Case'' — 1956 (Inspector Queen only)
* ''The Finishing Stroke'' — 1958
* ''The Player on The Other Side'' — 1963
* ''…and on the Eighth Day…''— 1964
* ''The Fourth Side of The Triangle'' — 1965
* ''A Study in Terror'' AKA ''Ellery Queen vs Jack The Ripper'' — 1966
* ''Face to Face'' — 1967
* ''The House of Brass'' — 1968 (A sequel to ''Inspector Queen's Own Case'' with a minimal appearance by Ellery.)
* ''Cop Out'' — 1969 (neither Ellery Queen nor Inspector Queen appear)
* ''The Last Woman in His Life'' — 1970
* ''A Fine and Private Place'' — 1971
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* JackTheRipper: In ''A Study in Terror'', Ellery reads a manuscript detailing SherlockHolmes's battle of wits against Jack the Ripper.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Howard van Horn]] in ''Ten Days' Wonder''.
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* FingerLickingPoison: ''The Three Widows'' had a victim being slowly poisoned even though everything she ate and drank was carefully screened beforehand. It turned out the would-be killer was [[spoiler: her doctor ]]and the poison was [[spoiler: on the thermometer with which he took her temperature each day.]]
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* FingerLickingPoison: ''The Three Widows'' had a victim being slowly poisoned even though everything she ate and drank was carefully screened beforehand. It turned out the would-be killer was [[spoiler: her doctor ]]and and the poison was [[spoiler: on the thermometer with which he took her temperature each day.]]
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** ''The Blue Movie Murders'': [[spoiler:The director used an anagram of his real name.]]
** ''Ten Days' Wonder'': [[spoiler:Salmonia (Mona Lisa) and H. H. Waye (Yahweh)]]
** ''The Blue Movie Murders'': [[spoiler:The director used an anagram of his real name.]]
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* HorribleHollywood: The 70s TV episode "The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario" had the Queens, father and son, witness this for themselves when they go on the set of an adaptation of one of Ellery's books. This being an Ellery Queen mystery, this trope's horrible aspects culminate in murder.
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* InspectorLestrade: Simon Brimmer in the TV series.
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* NotSoFakePropWeapon: In an episode of the TV series, a movie is being filmed based on Ellery and the man playing Ellery is killed by a gun that was supposed to be filled with blanks.
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Golden age mystery writer, used as both a pen name for two authors and as the eponymous character.
!!Tropes used by Ellery Queen:
* AssholeVictim: Particularly in the television adaptation, the victims often were involved in underhanded dealings, had some sinister secret or were revealed to treat others by anything other than the Golden Rule.
* AutopsySnackTime: Doc Proutie has been known to do this.
* TheBoxingEpisode: "Mind Over Matter" and "A Matter of Seconds".
* CanonImmigrant: Ellery's secreatary Nikki Porter was originally created for the radio show, but went on to appear in two of the novels and several short stories.
* CharacterNameAlias: In ''The Origin of Evil'', there is a character who calls himself Alfred Wallace. Recognising the connotations of the name (Wallace was a naturalist and contemporary of Darwin who independently proposed a theory of natural selection) is what starts Ellery down the path to the solution of the mystery.
* CigarChomper: Sgt. Veelie
* ConnectTheDeaths: Averted in ''Cat of Many Tails''; while the deaths are plotted on the map, the pattern is irrelevant.
* CorruptionOfAMinor: ''The Tragedy of Y''
* CouldntFindAPen: In ''The Scarlet Letters'', a dying man uses his own blood to write XY on a wall in an extremely cryptic DyingClue.
* DeadMansChest: What appears to have happened to the victim in "The Three Rs" in ''Calendar of Crime''.
* DirectLineToTheAuthor
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: At one point in ''The Tragedy of Y'', the York family doctor lets amateur detective Drury Lane read the family medical history, specifically all the parts that talk about the positive Wasserman tests. The book never uses the word "syphilis". Not even when Lane gets access to those medical files by proving to the doctor that he already knew the York children had been born with the disease.
* DistaffCounterpart: ''MurderSheWrote''
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Howard van Horn]] in ''Ten Days' Wonder''.
* DyingMessage: Many, many variations.
* FakedKidnapping
* FingerLickingPoison: ''The Three Widows'' had a victim being slowly poisoned even though everything she ate and drank was carefully screened beforehand. It turned out the would-be killer was [[spoiler: her doctor ]]and the poison was [[spoiler: on the thermometer with which he took her temperature each day.]]
* FriendOnTheForce: Ellery's father, Inspector Richard Queen.
* HorribleHollywood: The 70s TV episode "The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario" had the Queens, father and son, witness this for themselves when they go on the set of an adaptation of one of Ellery's books. This being an Ellery Queen mystery, this trope's horrible aspects culminate in murder.
* IconicItem: Ellery's got pince-nez glasses in the early books. In the TV series he's always wearing or carrying a Bear Bryant fedora.
* InformedFlaw: Drury Lane's deafness.
* InspectorLestrade: Simon Brimmer in the TV series.
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: ''The Roman Hat Mystery''
* JuryDuty: The radio show had an episode where Ellery and his secretary Nikki both ended up on the same jury, and Ellery ended up solving the case and revealing the true killer who was also in the courtroom.
* KangarooCourt: ''The Glass Village''
* LeaveBehindAPistol: Ellery does this with the murderer at the end of ''Ten Days' Wonder''.
* LetOffByTheDetective: ''The Finishing Stroke''
* LockedRoomMystery: Several including ''The King is Dead''.
** ''The Chinese Orange Mystery'' is a locked room mystery with exceedingly weird clues, including the fact that the murder victim is found with his clothes on ''backwards''.
* MysteryWriterDetective
* NeverSuicide: In ''The Greek Coffin Mystery'', the second solution involves a "suicide" not meant to convince the reader.
* NotSoFakePropWeapon: In an episode of the TV series, a movie is being filmed based on Ellery and the man playing Ellery is killed by a gun that was supposed to be filled with blanks.
* PhantomThief: Comus in "The Dauphin's Doll" in ''Calendar of Crime''.
* {{Ponzi}}: Used in one of the short stories in the collection ''QBI - Queen's Bureau of Investigation''.
* SerialKiller: ''Cat of Many Tails''
* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget
* SignificantAnagram:
** ''The Fourth Side of the Triangle'' / ''Too Many Suspects'': [[spoiler: The victim named her clothing lines after her boyfriends.]]
** ''Ten Days' Wonder'': [[spoiler:Salmonia (Mona Lisa) and H. H. Waye (Yahweh)]]
** ''The Blue Movie Murders'': [[spoiler:The director used an anagram of his real name.]]
* SpinningPaper: Used in the TV series.
* TheSummation: A staple of both the novels and the TV series.
* TenPacesAndTurn: ''There Was An Old Woman''
* ThemeSerialKiller:
** In ''Ten Day's Wonder'', the theme was the Ten Commandments.
** ''Double, Double'' used the children's rhyme Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggarman, Thief.
* {{Tontine}}: ''Last Man To Die''.
** And "The Inner Circle" in ''Calendar of Crime''.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: In ''Ten Days' Wonder'', Howard Van Horn suffers blackouts. He will wake up days or weeks later with no idea where he is or what he has done in the meantime.
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!!Tropes used by Ellery Queen:
* AssholeVictim: Particularly in the television adaptation, the victims often were involved in underhanded dealings, had some sinister secret or were revealed to treat others by anything other than the Golden Rule.
* AutopsySnackTime: Doc Proutie has been known to do this.
* TheBoxingEpisode: "Mind Over Matter" and "A Matter of Seconds".
* CanonImmigrant: Ellery's secreatary Nikki Porter was originally created for the radio show, but went on to appear in two of the novels and several short stories.
* CharacterNameAlias: In ''The Origin of Evil'', there is a character who calls himself Alfred Wallace. Recognising the connotations of the name (Wallace was a naturalist and contemporary of Darwin who independently proposed a theory of natural selection) is what starts Ellery down the path to the solution of the mystery.
* CigarChomper: Sgt. Veelie
* ConnectTheDeaths: Averted in ''Cat of Many Tails''; while the deaths are plotted on the map, the pattern is irrelevant.
* CorruptionOfAMinor: ''The Tragedy of Y''
* CouldntFindAPen: In ''The Scarlet Letters'', a dying man uses his own blood to write XY on a wall in an extremely cryptic DyingClue.
* DeadMansChest: What appears to have happened to the victim in "The Three Rs" in ''Calendar of Crime''.
* DirectLineToTheAuthor
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: At one point in ''The Tragedy of Y'', the York family doctor lets amateur detective Drury Lane read the family medical history, specifically all the parts that talk about the positive Wasserman tests. The book never uses the word "syphilis". Not even when Lane gets access to those medical files by proving to the doctor that he already knew the York children had been born with the disease.
* DistaffCounterpart: ''MurderSheWrote''
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Howard van Horn]] in ''Ten Days' Wonder''.
* DyingMessage: Many, many variations.
* FakedKidnapping
* FingerLickingPoison: ''The Three Widows'' had a victim being slowly poisoned even though everything she ate and drank was carefully screened beforehand. It turned out the would-be killer was [[spoiler: her doctor ]]and the poison was [[spoiler: on the thermometer with which he took her temperature each day.]]
* FriendOnTheForce: Ellery's father, Inspector Richard Queen.
* HorribleHollywood: The 70s TV episode "The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario" had the Queens, father and son, witness this for themselves when they go on the set of an adaptation of one of Ellery's books. This being an Ellery Queen mystery, this trope's horrible aspects culminate in murder.
* IconicItem: Ellery's got pince-nez glasses in the early books. In the TV series he's always wearing or carrying a Bear Bryant fedora.
* InformedFlaw: Drury Lane's deafness.
* InspectorLestrade: Simon Brimmer in the TV series.
* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: ''The Roman Hat Mystery''
* JuryDuty: The radio show had an episode where Ellery and his secretary Nikki both ended up on the same jury, and Ellery ended up solving the case and revealing the true killer who was also in the courtroom.
* KangarooCourt: ''The Glass Village''
* LeaveBehindAPistol: Ellery does this with the murderer at the end of ''Ten Days' Wonder''.
* LetOffByTheDetective: ''The Finishing Stroke''
* LockedRoomMystery: Several including ''The King is Dead''.
** ''The Chinese Orange Mystery'' is a locked room mystery with exceedingly weird clues, including the fact that the murder victim is found with his clothes on ''backwards''.
* MysteryWriterDetective
* NeverSuicide: In ''The Greek Coffin Mystery'', the second solution involves a "suicide" not meant to convince the reader.
* NotSoFakePropWeapon: In an episode of the TV series, a movie is being filmed based on Ellery and the man playing Ellery is killed by a gun that was supposed to be filled with blanks.
* PhantomThief: Comus in "The Dauphin's Doll" in ''Calendar of Crime''.
* {{Ponzi}}: Used in one of the short stories in the collection ''QBI - Queen's Bureau of Investigation''.
* SerialKiller: ''Cat of Many Tails''
* SerialKillingsSpecificTarget
* SignificantAnagram:
** ''The Fourth Side of the Triangle'' / ''Too Many Suspects'': [[spoiler: The victim named her clothing lines after her boyfriends.]]
** ''Ten Days' Wonder'': [[spoiler:Salmonia (Mona Lisa) and H. H. Waye (Yahweh)]]
** ''The Blue Movie Murders'': [[spoiler:The director used an anagram of his real name.]]
* SpinningPaper: Used in the TV series.
* TheSummation: A staple of both the novels and the TV series.
* TenPacesAndTurn: ''There Was An Old Woman''
* ThemeSerialKiller:
** In ''Ten Day's Wonder'', the theme was the Ten Commandments.
** ''Double, Double'' used the children's rhyme Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggarman, Thief.
* {{Tontine}}: ''Last Man To Die''.
** And "The Inner Circle" in ''Calendar of Crime''.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: In ''Ten Days' Wonder'', Howard Van Horn suffers blackouts. He will wake up days or weeks later with no idea where he is or what he has done in the meantime.
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