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Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Fiction Podcasts
Welcome to our monthly readings and dramatizations of stories by the world's leading writers of suspense, chosen from the magazine's archives and introduced by editor Janet Hutchings.
The full range of the genre is represented in these riveting audio renditions, from the drawing-room mystery to urban noir——including police procedurals, private-eye tales, psychological suspense, and locked-room and impossible-crime stories.
EPISODES:
Episode 7: "Say That Again," by Peter Lovesey, "The Old Story" by Liza Cody, and "Wheeze" by Michael Z. Lewin
Three stories that take their lead from a single newspaper article provide an entertaining look at how a common creative impetus can take the imaginations of different writers in wonderfully different directions. Includes a short interview with the authors, all leading writers of suspense, recorded at the 2009 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.
Episode 6: "The Problem of the Locked Caboose" by Edward D. Hoch
The solving of so-called "impossible crimes" is the hallmark of Edward D. Hoch's series character Dr. Sam Hawthorne. In this episode, the New England country doctor is on board a night train when a body is discovered in its locked caboose. Dramatized from the story "The Problem of the Locked Caboose" by Edward D. Hoch, published in EQMM in May, 1976.
Episode 5: "Dear Doctor Watson" by Steve Hockensmith
A pair of Old West cowboys try to prove they're worthy of joining a detective agency by retrieving an incriminating letter, in "Dear Doctor Watson" by Steve Hockensmith (from the February 2007 issue of EQMM). But things are not all they appear to be in Missoula, Montana, circa 1890. . .
Episode 4: "A Lump of Sugar" by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen returns in a case involving a cryptic dying message. Adapted by Ed Bogas, of Bogas Productions, from the story "A Lump of Sugar," published in EQMM in February, 1953. (The story later appeared under the titles "Murder in the Park" and "The Mystery of the 3 Dawn Riders.")
Episode 3: "The Talking Dead" by Melodie Johnson Howe
A TV writer goes missing, leaving her show's star without a script and opening up a perfect scenario for murder. In this fourth installment in her series of Diana Poole mysteries (published in EQMM in June 2003), former Hollywood actress Melodie Johnson Howe takes a penetrating look at the off-stage life of a TV idol.
Episode 2: "Groundwork" by Neil Schofield
A nosy neighbor alerts police to suspicious digging in the garden next-door—and she isn't the only one to get an unexpected comeuppance. Dramatized from the story "Groundwork," by Neil Shofield, published in EQMM in November 2001.
Episode 1: "The Myna Birds" by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen receives a phone call from a murder victim in this clever play involving a witness of another species. Taken from the story entitled "Cut, Cut, Cut!" when it was published in EQMM in September 1956.
Come back frequently to check for new episodes!
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