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Beware the Young Stranger Kindle Edition

by Ellery Queen (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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When a diplomat’s daughter falls in love with a man suspected of murder, he goes in search of the truth in this classic from the legendary mystery author.

The kids call it spring break, but their parents know it by its true name: debauchery. Every Easter, hormone-crazed students pile into cars and drive thousands of miles to the beach to lose themselves in an orgy of beer, sand, and sex. Keith Rollins and Cheryl Pemberton are two such revelers: college sweethearts planning to marry the moment they graduate. But in the heat of a party, the couple gets separated; the next morning, the girl is found raped and murdered beneath the pier and Rollins is the prime suspect.
 
Though Rollins is never convicted of the crime, the cloud of suspicion lingers over him. Years later, he becomes engaged to the daughter of diplomat John Vallancourt, who resolves to find out the truth. When Vallancourt’s daughter disappears, he fears the killer has struck again.
 
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  5. Publication date
    August 4, 2015
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''Ellery Queen is the American detective story.'' --Anthony Boucher, author of Nine Times Nine

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Ellery Queen is the pseudonymous author of dozens of mystery novels. These books, the first of which were written exclusively by Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee, have gone on to become classics of American crime fiction.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00ZE97834
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MysteriousPress.com/Open Road (August 4, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 4, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3741 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 161 pages
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Ellery Queen was a pen name created and shared by two cousins, Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) and Manfred B. Lee (1905–1971), as well as the name of their most famous detective. Born in Brooklyn, they spent forty-two years writing, editing, and anthologizing under the name, gaining a reputation as the foremost American authors of the Golden Age "fair play" mystery. Besides writing the Queen novels, Dannay and Lee cofounded Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, one of the most influential crime publications of all time. Although Dannay outlived his cousin by nine years, he retired Queen upon Lee's death in 1971.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun mystery
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2018
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Cheryl and Keith plan to get married, but the day they had planned to run away together Keith's aunt is killed and he is accused. Cheryl believes in him and takes off with him on the run. Her father is trying to find her and find out if Keith is guilty. He tracks them down and brings them back. This is well written and I like the characters.
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