LemonSky reviewed Queen's Bureau of Investigation by Ellery Queen
Review of "Queen's Bureau of Investigation" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A fun collection of short stories featuring Ellery Queen. They're organized by "departments" - Rare Book Department, Impossible Crime Department, Swindle Department, etc. Not all the cases involve murders. For example, "Money Talks" (Blackmail Department) involves a young opera singer and her mother who are being blackmailed by someone familiar with the mother's past. "A Matter of Seconds" (Fix Department) is about a boxer who is kidnapped and held for ransom right before an important bout. Many cases involve three suspects and EQ must figure out which one did it. In several cases, the other suspects are also involved, but did not commit the actual murder ("Driver's Seat" - Murder Department, "The Myna Birds" - Embezzlement Department). My personal favorite is "The Robber of Wrightsville" (Holdup Department), where EQ has to clear a young man accused of robbing his own stepfather. The solution is very clever. It's one of those …
A fun collection of short stories featuring Ellery Queen. They're organized by "departments" - Rare Book Department, Impossible Crime Department, Swindle Department, etc. Not all the cases involve murders. For example, "Money Talks" (Blackmail Department) involves a young opera singer and her mother who are being blackmailed by someone familiar with the mother's past. "A Matter of Seconds" (Fix Department) is about a boxer who is kidnapped and held for ransom right before an important bout. Many cases involve three suspects and EQ must figure out which one did it. In several cases, the other suspects are also involved, but did not commit the actual murder ("Driver's Seat" - Murder Department, "The Myna Birds" - Embezzlement Department). My personal favorite is "The Robber of Wrightsville" (Holdup Department), where EQ has to clear a young man accused of robbing his own stepfather. The solution is very clever. It's one of those cases where you think, "Of course! Why didn't I see that?"
I also listened to the audio version of this book while I read. It was very faithful to the book except for the ending of "Miser's Gold" (Buried Treasure Department). I don't know why they changed that. However, the narrator did a good job overall, though I wasn't that crazy about some of his female voices. I would give the audio version of the book four stars. Unfortunately, it is not listed on Goodreads and I don't have a link. The book can be found on Audible.