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The Odd Man

By: Ellery Queen
Narrated by: Traber Burns
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Previously part of a collection, this rare Ellery Queen mystery is available as a standalone audiobook for the first time.

In "The Odd Man", Ellery is challenged to solve an imaginary riddle devised by three members of the Puzzle Club. With very little information to go on, he must correctly answer to his confreres which of their three imagined suspects is a secret criminal.

©2016 Ellery Queen (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Anthologies Traditional Detectives Fiction Mystery Detective Short Stories
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A bit silly

Great narrator as usual, but the story is a bit silly. I would have liked something a bit less like a page from a brainteasers book.

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A short, Short Story.

Ordinarily, these tales are (in my opinion), a bit long winded and one gets lost in the police procedural process and the characters of the police, DA and the supernumerary supporting cast. With this tale, all of that is hacked away and we’re taken to the other extreme.

It’s therefore less satisfying. It comes across as trite and not necessarily intriguing.

Read reasonably well by Traber Burns - although female voices may well be a challenge for him, hard to tell.

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