Eighteen Little Problems

QUEEN'S BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
By Ellery Queen.
Little, Brown & Co.
First appearance: January 1955.
First paperback edition: July 1956.
[a.k.a. Q.B.I.]

To: The Reader
From: The Queen's Bureau of Investigation

"In the closely guarded record room of the Q.B.I. is a top-secret file marked Special. This file contains the most unusual cases I have ever worked on—cases that are memorable because of an unusual clue, a unique criminal, a surprising situation or a shocking crime.

"From these special cases of murder, blackmail, kidnaping and narcotics, I have chosen eighteen that posed the most mystifying problems I have ever encountered."

Contents:

BLACKMAIL DEPT. — "Money Talks"
FIX DEPT. — "A Matter of Seconds"
IMPOSSIBLE CRIME DEPT. — "The Three Widows"
RARE BOOK DEPT. — "My Queer Dean!"
MURDER DEPT. — "Driver's Seat"
PARK PATROL DEPT. — "A Lump of Sugar"
OPEN FILE DEPT. — "Cold Money"
EMBEZZLEMENT DEPT. — "The Myna Birds"
SUICIDE DEPT. — "A Question of Honor"
HOLDUP DEPT. — "The Robber of Wrightsville"
SWINDLE DEPT. — "Double Your Money"
BURIED TREASURE DEPT. — "Miser's Gold"
MAGIC DEPT. — "Snowball in July"
FALSE CLAIMANT DEPT. — "The Witch of Times Square"
RACKET DEPT. — "The Gamblers' Club"
DYING MESSAGE DEPT. — "GI Story"
NARCOTICS DEPT. — "The (Mysterious) Black Ledger"
KIDNAPING DEPT. — "Child Missing!"

Resources:
- Mike Grost's EQ page ("Q.B.I.").
- Randy Johnson's NOT THE BASEBALL PITCHER (9 February 2012).
- Drew R. Thomas's EQ page.

Category: Detective fiction