Reviews for Inspector Queen's own case

The average rating for Inspector Queen's own case based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-11-11 00:00:00 Shawn Mcbride COUNTDOWN: Mid-20th Century North American Crime BOOK 196 (of 250) HOOK=2 stars: A baby is taken from a hospital by a mother and handed to a family, all in broad daylight. Is this a crime or a legal adoption or a kidnapping of a baby? If this had not been an Ellery Queen novel, I would have stopped right there: babies/children in danger isn't my thing. PACE=2: A developing love interest takes much too long. This might have been better as a novella. PLOT=3: There are 3 murders along the way. All rather bland. PEOPLE=3: Richard Queen, 63 years old and retired is traveling (without his son) in Europe and is interesting alone, as is Jessie, a nurse. But most memorable is the mother of the baby who sadly had the wherewithal to raise the baby but she is single: society at the time did not allow for that. Times have changed! ATMOSPHERE=3: There's an island for the rich (desperate for privacy) opposed to bachelor and bachelorette apartments, plus cozy cottages. But with all this, the denouement occurs in a much-too-lengthy basement scene: one supposes the author's point is that deep in the dark are answers to be found, but we often don't want to go there. SUMMARY: My rating is 2.6. I've read far better novels by Ellery Queen. Perhaps I've read the best already.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-07-12 00:00:00 Rhonda Gorton I really enjoyed this. Ellery is on holiday and Richard Queen is feeling lost, retired and on holiday with friends he feels alone and without purpose. However, he meets Jessie, a nurse and soon the two of them are investigating the death of a baby. I loved the writing in this, it really captures the sense of loss a retiree often experiences and the plot moves along well.