Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

£0.00 for first 30 days

Try for £0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Halfway House

By: Ellery Queen
Narrated by: Fred Sullivan
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.99

Buy Now for £13.99

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

The victim had lived two lives, but a single knife thrust ended both of them. The trail of suspicion led into the guilt-edged world of the beautiful people - and climaxed in a vicious courtroom battle that ended with a shattering verdict. It seemed that for the first time Ellery had met his match - until the sleuth blended his usual impeccable logic with a most unusual fling.…
©1936 Ellery Queen (P)2013 Blackstone Audio
Crime Fiction Mystery Fiction
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Roman Hat Mystery cover art
A Knife in My Back cover art
The Man in Lower Ten (Tantor Edition) cover art
The Legendary Women Detectives: 6 Classic Novelets cover art
A Deadly Affection cover art
The Problem of Cell 13 cover art
A Hundred Thousand Dragons cover art
The Case of the Velvet Claws cover art
Coming of Winter cover art
The Poet cover art
19 Souls cover art
Midnight Exposure cover art
Strangers on a Train (Dramatized) cover art
Loose Ends cover art
Creatures of Appetite cover art
Beware the Past cover art

What listeners say about Halfway House

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    24
  • 4 Stars
    7
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    20
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    2
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    21
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Topsy

Vintage classic

Good story, well told. Although the perpetrator was obvious from a certain point, the clues were clever.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Peter

Classic Ellery Queen - all the clues are there!

At his best. All the clues are there, but you will struggle to make the right conclusion. Good, and different plot line, compared to others including a courtroom drama.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!