Double, Double (Ellery Queen novel)

Double, Double (also published as *The Case of the Seven Murders*)
First US edition
Author	Ellery Queen
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Ellery Queen mysteries
Genre	Mystery novel
Publisher	Little, Brown (US) Gollancz (UK)
Publication date	1950
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Preceded by	Cat of Many Tails
Followed by	The Origin of Evil

Double, Double (also published as The Case of the Seven Murders) is a novel that was published in 1949 by Ellery Queen. It is a mystery novel set in the imaginary New England town of Wrightsville, US.

Plot summary

Ellery Queen investigates a series of murders that seem to be related by an old rhyme: "Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief". And at least one person in Wrightsville calls Ellery Queen "Chief".

Literary significance and criticism

"The last full-fledged Wrightsville novel is as usual strong on characterizations. But some of the deductions made from the clues seem more speculative than logical."^[1]

Footnotes

↑ A Website on Ellery Queen

External links

"Ellery Queen is the American detective story."

Ellery Queen books by Ellery Queen

Novels	The Roman Hat Mystery (1929) The French Powder Mystery (1930) The Dutch Shoe Mystery (1931) The Greek Coffin Mystery (1932) The Egyptian Cross Mystery (1932) The American Gun Mystery (1933) The Siamese Twin Mystery (1933) The Chinese Orange Mystery (1934) The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) The Lamp of God (1935) Halfway House (1936) The Door Between (1937) The Devil to Pay (1938) The Four of Hearts (1938) The Dragon's Teeth (1939) Calamity Town (1942) There Was an Old Woman (1943) The Murderer Is a Fox (1945) Ten Days' Wonder (1948) Cat of Many Tails (1949) Double, Double (1950) The Origin of Evil (1951) The King Is Dead (1952) The Scarlet Letters (1953) The Glass Village (1954) Inspector Queen's Own Case (1956) The Finishing Stroke (1958) The Player on the Other Side (1963) And on the Eighth Day (1964) The Fourth Side of the Triangle (1965) A Study in Terror (1966) Face to Face (1967) The House of Brass (1968) Cop Out (1969) The Last Woman in His Life (1970) A Fine and Private Place (1971)

As "Barnaby Ross"	The Adventures of Ellery Queen The New Adventures of Ellery Queen The Case Book of Ellery Queen Calendar of Crime QBI: Queen's Bureau of Investigation Queens Full QED: Queen's Experiments in Detection The Best of Ellery Queen The Tragedy of Errors The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries

As Barnaby Ross	The Tragedy of X The Tragedy of Y The Tragedy of Z Drury Lane's Last Case

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