The Tragedy of Errors and Others

"Ellery Queen is the American Detective Story"

So wrote the great critic Anthony Boucher about the contributions of Ellery Queen to the mystery story. Queen appeared in novels and short stories, in movies and on television, on the radio and even in comic books. His creators, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, dominated the mystery world through their works as novelists, critics, anthologists and editors.

In honor of the 95th anniversary of the first Ellery Queen novel, Crippen & Landru is proud to publish the first new Ellery Queen book in almost 50 years. "The Tragedy of Errors" is the lengthy and detailed plot outline for the final, but never published EQ novel, containing all the hallmarks of the greatest Queen novels--the dying message, the succession of false solutions before the astonishing truth is revealed, and scrupulous fairplay to the reader.

The Tragedy of Errors and Others also contains the six hitherto uncollected Ellery Queen short stories and a collection of essays, tributes, and reminiscences of Ellery Queen, written by family members, friends and some of the finest current mystery writers.