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Originally Posted by Loosheesh
So, wait, they're always like that?? My one and only foray into Ellery Queen is a short story (The Adventure of the Dauphin's Doll from The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries anthology) and I had almost exactly the same thoughts about father and son! But the mystery itself was quite good.
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I've only just started the series. I'm not planning to read them all, but I wanted to read the first 2-3 to get to know the core characters. The two that have been recommended to me by Martin Edwards are
Calamity Town and
Ten Days Wonder, so after I've read book 3, I'll try those two. If all five are the same, that will be the end of my Queen experiment.
In happier news, Sayers'
Unnatural Death was An EXCELLENT read! A true psychopath as the villain and Parker proving to be a very effective and useful Watson. 4.5/5 for me at The Storygraph. Clumsy misquotes a bit annoying, and of course racist and xenophobic attitudes true to the time in which the book was written. It was quite refreshing to see those very attitudes being deliberately exploited by the villain, which could be read a hint from Sayers that she did not fully share those views. Either way a very engaging story with Wimsey less clownish and on the back foot for most of the story