Reviews for Fifty years of the best from Ellery Queen's mystery magazine

The average rating for Fifty years of the best from Ellery Queen's mystery magazine based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-09-13 00:00:00 Jenny Juisiak This lengthy book has been a good read when I've wanted to read something in one sitting but didn't have a lot of time on my hands. I love mysteries and wanted to read the short stories to help with understanding on how the short-story mystery is done. While some of them I didn't like at all (and a few I didn't like at all and didn't finish due to too much language or the theme/nature of the story), many were good and well done. I especially applaud those authors who could wield a short story with a surprise, unsuspecting ending.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-01-05 00:00:00 Jason Greenberg This book is an anthology of short mystery stories from the classic Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. I don't usually read short stories but can't resist mysteries and this did not disappoint. There are many of the best authors represented; John Dickson Carr, Ngaio Marsh, Ruth Rendell, Donald Westlake, et al. It cover the eras of the 1940s through the 1980s and includes both British and American writers. It is a mystery buffs delight at over 600 pages and I read it in-between those non-fiction books that are my other weakness. Recommended.