The Dutch Shoe Mystery
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When Abigail Doorn was wheeled into the operation room at the Dutch Memorial Hospital, her face was strangely blue and bloated. A wire had been tightly wound around her neck. The strongest suspect, because he stood to benefit by the death of this wealthy old woman, was her prot├йg├й, the famous Dr. Janney. Just before her death he received a strange callerтАФone whose name he would not divulge.
Ellery Queen, having come to the hospital to visit his old friend Dr. Minchen, had been present during the time of the murder. He immediately took over the case. Besides the problem of Dr. Janney and his caller, Ellery found himself confronted with still anotherтАФwhy had Abby Doorn and her housekeeper quarreled continuously for twenty years? The housekeeper admitted she hated the old woman, and with a religious fanaticism declared she was an evil old woman who had received only what she deserved.
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Ellery Queen is a pseudonym used by two American cousins from BrooklynтАФDaniel Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (1905тАУ1982), and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (1905тАУ1971)тАФto write detective fiction. In a successful series of novels that covered forty-two years, Ellery Queen served as both the authorsтАЩ name and that of the detective-hero. The cousins also cofounded and directed Ellery QueenтАЩs Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential English crime-fiction magazines of the twentieth century. They were given the Grand Master Award for achievements in the field of the mystery story by the Mystery Writers of America in 1961.
Mark Peckham is an actor and director based in Rhode Island. In addition to working with Trinity Rep, Virginia Stage Co., and many Boston-area theaters, he was the voice of Joseph Smith in the award-winning PBS documentary American Prophet with Gregory Peck.
