Face to Face / The House of Brass Author:Ellery Queen FACE TO FACE — Gloria Guild is the singing glory of the thirties and the millionairess wife of Count Carlos Armando, renowned only for his succession of wealthy wives. When she is murdered, her husband is the obvious suspect, but he has a perfect alibi. So who could he have got to do it for him? The only clue is the word face, pe... more »nned in her dying scrawl. But whose face? And why? Ellery Queen pursues the glory riddle from the Bowery to a way-out wedding and a surprise climax that will jolt you into cold shock. Anyone who nails this killer before Queen is either a genius or a cheat.
THE HOUSE OF BRASS
"You are invited to a murder."
That was how the invitations should have read when aged millionaire Hendrik Brass sent out his messages to six oddly assorted men and women who knew neither him nor each other. All arrived at the isolated Brass mansion, lured by the tantalizing promise of fabulous wealth. But from the moment the shining brass doors of the grotesquely constructed house swung shut behind them, they began to realize they had been enticed into playing parts in a monstrous joke the joke of a twisted, brilliant mind a joke whose punch line was murder.« less