About the book: year / Ellery Queen is the pseudonym of two cousins: Frederick Denny (1905-1982) and Manfred Lee (1905-1971). They have written 25 detectives who are united by a common hero, detective and author of crime novels, Ellery Queen, whose fame matches that of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. The work of the brothers-co-authors basically fits into the mainstream of the classic detective story, where there are enough confusing logical moves, false leads, and ingenious traps.