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The Greek Coffin Mystery is a 1932 novel by Ellery Queen. It is the fourth of the Ellery Queen mysteries . Plot summary. After the death of an elderly Greek man who is an internationally famous art dealer and collector, his attorney discovers that his will is missing and notifies the district attorney.
The Greek Coffin Mystery starts with a will gone missing, a body in a coffin where it should not be, and then ends up with a stolen painting. Chronologically, it's the 'first' of the Ellery Queen mysteries, so it features a young Ellery Queen.
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Feb 5, 2013 · In one of his earliest cases, Ellery Queen confronts a murder in blue blood. America’s master of deduction, Ellery Queen, has made his name by combining dazzling feats of pure...
- 9049982816, 9789049982812
- Ellery Queen
- Overamstel Uitgevers, 2013
Feb 5, 2013 · The “intensely logical” master sleuth discovers a crowded coffin in one of his earliest and most puzzling cases (The New York Times). The scion of a famous New York art-dealing family,...
- Ellery Queen
- Open Road Media, 2013
- 1453289402, 9781453289402
- The Greek Coffin Mystery
During the funeral of famous art dealer Georg Khalkis, the metal box containing his last will and testament had vanished from the library safe. Son of a New York cop, Ellery Queen, a young master of deduction, orders a search of the coffin.
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Feb 6, 1979 · In “The Greek Coffin Mystery,” the case involves a wealthy art dealer who dies of natural causes, but who winds up having a companion in his final resting place, a man who has been strangled to death and whose corpse is then dumped into the dealer’s coffin.
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- Ellery Queen
Jun 16, 2011 · The Greek Coffin Mystery is one of the Ellery Queen novels that appears on almost every “Best of...” lists. When I first read it years ago, however, it seemed pretty unmemorable to me. So which is it – a classic mystery or simply overrated? When George Khaklis dies suddenly, his will disappears from a locked…
