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The Origin of Evil

By: Ellery Queen
Narrated by: Fred Sullivan
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Having escaped New York with the hopes of finishing his latest mystery novel in peace in Los Angeles, Ellery Queen is shocked when a knock on his door lands him right in the middle of yet another mystery.

Leander Hill, a prominent Hollywood jeweler, recently died of a heart attack after receiving a package containing a dead dog, a sight that literally frightened him to death. Hill's daughter is convinced the act was premeditated murder and enlists Queen's help to catch the killer. Now Queen must harness all of his skills to prevail over this unscrupulous mind.

©2014 Ellery Queen (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Detective Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Heartfelt
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I dislike the use of the satanic "evolution theory" in the plot, but otherwise this is the superb Queen with a Night Shyamalan end-twist

Superb Queen-story with Night Shyamalan twist

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