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Original Title: | The Finishing Stroke |
Edition Language: | Italian |
Series: | Ellery Queen Detective #26 |
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Paperback | Pages: 250 pages Rating: 3.71 | 375 Users | 36 Reviews

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Title | : | Colpo di grazia (Ellery Queen Detective #26) |
Author | : | Ellery Queen |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | I Classici del Giallo n. 1093 |
Pages | : | Pages: 250 pages |
Published | : | 2005 by Mondadori (first published 1958) |
Categories | : | Mystery. Holiday. Christmas. Fiction. Detective |
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Due gemelli separati alla nascita, il rancore del padre che ha visto morire la moglie per il secondo infausto parto, un lauto testamento che riconosce solo il primo dei neonati, John Sebastian, e l'abbandono dell'altro nelle braccia del dottore. Sono passati venticinque anni da quella fatale notte del 1905 e John, affidato a un tutore dopo la morte del padre, è ormai un uomo. Per trascorrere le feste natalizie insieme alla fidanzata, al tutore e agli amici, fra cui il giovane scrittore in erba Ellery Queen, il facoltoso rampollo invita tutti nella sua grande casa di Alderwood. La ragione del ritrovo è anche un'altra: John ha in serbo un misterioso annuncio per l'Epifania, ma arrivarci non sarà facile. Isolati da una bufera di neve, ospiti e padrone di casa devono fare i conti con una spietata filastrocca assassina.Rating Epithetical Books Colpo di grazia (Ellery Queen Detective #26)
Ratings: 3.71 From 375 Users | 36 ReviewsArticle Epithetical Books Colpo di grazia (Ellery Queen Detective #26)
Con i due cugini americani che firmavano le proprie opere con il noto pseudonimo di Ellery Queen ho una rapporto molto instabile. Molte opere le considero dei veri capolavori di logica e deduttività (in Queen infatti regna suprema, nella maggior parte dei casi, la ragione), come "Il mistero delle croci egizie", "Il caso dei fratelli siamesi" e tutto il ciclo di Drury Lane; altre invece le considero vere e proprie occasioni mancate (e di tanto), come il terribile "La porta chiusa" e lo scialbo2 1/2 stars. I thought there were some very good characters in this book. The solution to the mystery, though, was too esoteric and the culprit shouldn't have overlooked the doodles at the back.
The Finishing Stroke is devilish little classic mystery story set primarily at Christmas-time, but bookended by a prologue set twenty-some years prior to the main events and a wrap-up that takes place over twenty years later. The set-up: In 1905, John Sebastian, Sr. takes his pregnant wife for a New Year's fling in New York before her "confinement" to bring forth an heir. When the weather turns bad (and a bit of looting takes place in the city), he stubbornly insists on taking her home. The

This is supposed to be Ellery Queen's first mystery, meaning he was a young man when it happened, not that it was written first. The plot and characters are interesting, but the ending was quite surprising to me.
The premise is fantastic: Ellery Queen couldn't solve a mystery for almost thirty years, although he knew the answer all along.The writing is a joy, as always. Ellery is charming and hilarious. When told a man kissed his fiancee to avoid answering her pointed question, he says, "At the risk of being kissed, I'll have to ask him myself."And the solution, as is standard with Ellery Queen, is so convoluted you couldn't guess it if you tried. On the up side, I did learn several typesetter's
Read a lot of Ellery Queen, but I remember liking this one the best.
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