A little too many words for the detective!

This is more a novel than a detective story. I like the way these writers think, but this one was too much for me.
It starts out with HVH calling his "friend" Ellery Queen for help and advice. It goes on from there into a most bizarre set of circumstances. As the story progresses, these circumstances get so twisted and involved that I, frankly, got tired of the whole thing. This is only the first HALF of the novel.
When the narrator (the excellent, Robert Fass) announced "Part Two", I was flabbergasted. I thought that the book was over. Instead, we are led back through the whole story to yet another conclusion. I have to admit that it had me hooked. So, I had to find out what there was to discuss, it turned out to be another long involved explanation of the crime.
Lest I go on too long, I felt the story was far too long!

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Horrible story

This is a very violent and sad story that ends in suicide!!! I don’t recommend

So many solutions.

this had so many twists and turns that you will find yourself thinking "not again".

A mystery within a mystery within a mystery

I was hating the story and the characters until whammo Ellery and the reader realize what is going on. Could be Ellery’s greatest case or his greatest failure

Ellery Queen!

I liked the narrator and storyline. As usual, it has a surprise ending. I’m rarely able to identify the culprit.

probably the least enjoyable of the series to date

the overall a lovely story that's well thought out it's one of the rare if only times when the plot is obnoxiously obvious and overall I couldn't care less about any of the characters or their fates.

Wasn't too bad for Wrightsville #3

Sometimes EQ can drag at the end but Wrightsville is different but not necessarily better.This book was different but it moved well & only at the very end did it hit a pothole.