When Inspector Richard Queen of the New York City Police Force's Homicide Squad and his amateur detective son Ellery are called in, Ellery narrows down the possible location of the will to a single location: the dead man's coffin. The book was published in multiple languages including , consists of 368 pages and is available in ebook format. The amateur detective Ellery Queen, son of Inspector Richard Queen of the New Your city police, helps his father in his cases. After an outing to the Hamlet on the banks of the Hudson River, the cousins returned home to Ellery Queen. Or call 1 The Spanish Cape Mystery. ", A contemporary reviewer, Will Cuppy of the Herald Tribune Books, said "The Greek Coffin Mystery is a lively and well-constructed yarn containing unusual setting, ingenuity of plot, a surprise solution and legitimate use of the analytico-deductive method." The Greek Coffin Mystery (Paperback) Average Rating: (3.8) stars out of 5 stars 6 ratings, based on 6 reviews. Unable to add item to List. When Inspector Queen and his son, Ellery, are brought in to solve the mystery, Ellery mentions the one place they have not searched for the will: the coffin. In one of his earliest cases, Ellery Queen confronts a murder in blue blood.From the very beginning, the Khalkis case struck a somber note. In most cases, items shipped from Amazon.com may be returned for a full refund. Subsequent clues involve color-blindness, a shred of the burned will, two copies of a Leonardo da Vinci painting differing only in skin tone, a thousand-dollar bill, a dead art dealer whose office door was either open or closed and, most importantly, an infinitesimal typing error. Log In You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title. Too bad. Sign up. Maybe a great detective is a fallible human being, capable of making mistakes. The Greek Coffin Mystery. The scion of a famous New York art-dealing family, Georg Khalkis spent his final years housebound with blindness until he died of a heart attack. Hardcover. When it is exhumed, however, it contains no will but the surprising addition of a strangled ex-convict. The Greek Coffin Mystery is a novel that was written in 1932 by Ellery Queen. $9.49. By: Ellery Queen. Page: View: 382 The notion that Ellery Queen always plays fair with the reader is a bit of a stretch but the book is enjoyable and the plot is bizarre if a bit incomprehensible at times. Please try again. Condition is "Very Good". Stung by this embarrassing error, he keeps his deductions to himself for the remainder of the case. van Frederic Dannay.) Rate it * You Rated it * 0. Ship This Item Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store 1), A Promise of Ankles: 44 Scotland Street (14), The Cook of the Halcyon (An Inspector Montalbano Mystery), A new Ellery Queen book has always been something to look forward to for many years now. Agatha Christie. The case is complex, involving an extra corpse in a coffin (murdered! Ellery and his father lay a trap, unmasking the murderer whose guilt will probably have been entirely unsuspected by most readers. Please try again. In The Greek Coffin Mystery, the case involves a wealthy art dealer who dies of natural causes, but who winds up having a companion in his final resting place, a man who has been strangled to death and whose corpse is then dumped into the dealers coffin. Written in the 1920's, it deals with a classic locked room mystery. MysteriousPress.com/Open Road; Reissue edition (April 9, 2019).