The Quick And the Dead Author:Ellery Queen The Potts family was notorious for being weird, eccentric and touchy. But when Thurlow challenged his brother Robert to a duel, they hit a new low for craziness. Ellery Queen and the Inspector decided to let the brothers satisfy their "honor" by quietly substituting blank cartridges for the single bullets in their weapons. Crack! Smoke drift... more »ed from the muzzle of one brother's Colt. The other brother dropped like a stone. Someone had replaced the blank for a live slug. "Murder," said the Inspector. "Yes," mumbled Ellery. "We saw the man who fired the shot, but we don't know who the murderer is!"« less