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“Murder,” She Spelled Out Real Plain
Of the large number of TV detective shows that longtime friends and collaborators William Link and Richard Levinson created, Ellery Queen (1975-1976) and Columbo (1968-1978; 1989-2003) seem (to me) to be the best. Columbo, of course, is the (far) longer running and the better known–and, … Continue reading
Posted in Capsule Reviews, Musings, Reviews, TV
Tagged Agatha Christie, Columbo, Ellery Queen, Impossible Crime, John Dickson Carr, Murder She Wrote, Musings, TV, Whodunit
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Le roi est mort, vive le roi…
Here we go with some more Ellery Queen–nothing wrong with that, I suppose. Today’s book, Ellery Queen’s The King is Dead (1952), has gotten a largely negative reception from mystery fans, which is (a) too bad, for it’s a fine book, … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Reviews
Tagged Allegory, Ellery Queen, Impossible Crime, Musings, Orson Welles, Review, The King is Dead, Whodunit
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