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The Honest Swindler

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 Honest Swindler", Ellery is challenged to solve an imaginary riddle devised by three members of the Puzzle Club. He must explain how an old prospector could have spent five years on a fruitless uranium hunt and still have returned every penny of his backers' money.

©1971 Ellery Queen (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Mystery Detective Fiction Traditional Detectives Short Story Anthologies & Short Stories Anthologies
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This was a classic how did he do it take just as good as classic Agatha Christie

Nice short story

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If you don’t know, Ellery Queen mysteries are meant to be audience participation. Once Ellery says he knows the answer, there’s a pause. Come up with your own answer before hearing his. Just remember the answers reflect life in the mid 1900s and usually there is no trick involved.

Be sure to play along

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I found this a wonderful reenactment of this Queen book. I was kept on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Queen Mystery

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Like “The Odd Man” and “The Three Students”, here’s another session with the Puzzle Club, a group that includes everyone from plutocrats to poets. I admit that I could have solved this one if I’d really thought about it, but I was having too much fun listening.

Just Plain Fun

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Another fine short story from the puzzle club, by mystery master Ellery Queen. If you have audible plus check these out they are a bunch of fun. Traber Burns does good with the narrating.

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