An edition of The origin of evil (1951)

The origin of evil

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An edition of The origin of evil (1951)

The origin of evil

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The beautiful young Laurel Hill asks Ellery Queen to investigate a series of unusual anonymous gifts that have been received by her father, Leander Hill, half of Hill and Priam, Wholesale Jewelers. Roger Priam is Leander's partner, who uses a wheelchair. The latest gift, a dead dog with a mysterious note in a silver casket around its neck, has caused Leander to have a heart attack and die. Now Roger Priam (and his sultry wife Delia, who attracts Ellery like a carnivorous plant) has started to receive unusual anonymous gifts as well. Delia's nudist son Crowe, who is Laurel's boyfriend, and a cast of servants, are also on the scene. The mysterious gifts include some poisoned tuna fish salad, a green alligator wallet, a burned book and a bundle of worthless stocks and bonds, all accompanied by cryptic and ominous notes, and it seems as though they date back to a mysterious and possibly violent incident in the past of both Hill and Priam that gets them started in the wholesale jewelry business. Ellery Queen works out the significance of the series of gifts and the link that connects the notes and arranges a dramatic surprise that traps the criminal -- although the true criminal is not known until the final moments of the book.

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English
Pages
285

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Cover of: E zhi yüan
E zhi yüan: The origin of evil
1997, Mai tian chu ban gu fen yu xian gong si, Fa xing Cheng bang wen hua shi yeh gu fen yu xian gong si
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: The origin of evil
The origin of evil
1992, HarperPerennial
in English - 1st HarperPerennial ed.
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The origin of evil
1975, Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English
Cover of: The origin of evil.
The origin of evil.
1951, Little, Brown
in English - [1st. ed.]
Cover of: The origin of evil.
The origin of evil.
1951, Little, Brown
in English
Cover of: The origin of evil.
The origin of evil.
1951, Gollancz
in English
Cover of: The origin of evil
The origin of evil
1951, Little, Brown
in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published, Boston, Mass. , Little, Brown ; London , Gollancz, 1951.

Published in
London
Series
(The complete crime novels of Ellery Queen ; vol.21), (Gollancz vintage detection)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.9/1F

The Physical Object

Pagination
285p. ;
Number of pages
285

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15068576M
Internet Archive
originofevil0011quee
ISBN 10
057501914X
OCLC/WorldCat
2568386
Goodreads
2535077

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