Sullivan, Eleanor (ed.) - Ellery Queen's Lost Men / Салливан, Элеанор - Пропавшие мужчины [1983, EPUB, ENG]

This Was Willi's Day by AARON MARC STEIN The Man in the Barn by KATHERINE RAMBEAU The Vanishing Man by JACQUES FUTRELLE The Adventure of the Missing Prince by ROBERT L. FISH Woman Trouble by FLORENCE V. MAYBERRY Death of a Harvard Man by RICHARD M. GORDON The Man Who Came Back by EDNA FERBER The Wrong Fox by MICHAEL GILBERT The Number 12 Jinx by JON L. BREEN Silk Hat by KATHARINE BRUSH Only One Way To Go by ROBERT EDWARD ECKELS A Test of Identity by MICHAEL INNES The Blessington Method / Метод Блессингтона by STANLEY ELLIN Thirteen by EDWARD D. HOCH The One Real Horror by JOHN DICKSON CARR Seeds of Time by YOUNGMAN CARTER Off the Face of the Earth / С лица земли by CLAYTON RAWSON The Return of Backshaw by L. J. BEESTON Last Man To Die by ELLERY QUEEN The Blind Spot / Провал памяти by BARRY PEROWNE The Third Man / Третий by GRAHAM GREENE

Ellery Queen Last Man To Die

For well over once around the clock Ellery tried to breathe life into The Butler who was lying in the way of the new Queen novel’s progress. In the fourteenth futile hour, Ellery detected the difficulty: it was so long since he had seen a real live butler that it was like trying to bring a brontosaurus to life. The situation obviously called for research; and making a haggard mental note to start looking for a specimen—assuming the breed was not extinct—Ellery collapsed. He had no sooner closed his eyes, it seemed, than the alarm clock brought him up with a leap, groping. Noting blearily that the time was 8:07 A.M. and the alarm was off, he concluded: It’s the doorbell ringing. And he staggered to the apartment door to find himself blinking out at a girl, 38-23-36, with eyes of blue, and red hair, too. Oh, brother! “Mr. Queen?” asked a voice like temple bells, eying the Queen dishevelment doubtfully. “Am I inconvenient?” ...